Second Life

Welcome Island

 * 1) Your first step is Learning Island.  Find the exit portal!
 * 2) Then explore Social Island and meet other new residents!

Tutorial:
 * 1) Press left arrow and right arrow to look around. press up arrow and down arrow to walk
 * 2) Press page up to fly, and page down to land.
 * 3) Quickly press up arrow twice to run.
 * 4) Walk through the portal to continue your adventure.

Go to "Welcome Island Public" to repeat the tutorial

"Your first stop will be Learning Island. Follow the signs and hints to the exit portal, shown here. On the way, you’ll learn to move your avatar and look around. Then you’ll be transported to Social Island where you can meet other residents of Second Life." 

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What is Second Life?

 * It's not a game, but you can play games in it.
 * It's not a MMO, though it's certainly massive, multiuser and online.
 * It's not a chat room though you can chat with people from all over the world.
 * It's not a business platform, but people and companies run businesses here.
 * It's not the web, though it's connected to the web and shares many features with it.

Second Life is a virtual world.

Life real life - it's what you make of it.

Your Avatar
You are represented in Second Life by an avatar.

Your avatar can do an amazing number of things: walk, fly, build, teleport, buy, sell, work, play, explore, chat and more.

You can even change your appearance.