From Japan to SL

  

Tokyo SSOC: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SSOC/90/183/29
I looked around the realistic Tokyo SIMs that I found last time. This intersection could be found at any place in Tokyo! I walked down into a subway station, which has a name of this SIM, SSOC.




In the station, there were underground passages, ticket booth, entrance gate, and kiosk, made realistically. Above the ticket window, there is a real, notorious route chart of Tokyo transportation network. The dimention is out of scale, so it is hard to find a desirable line or transfer station to be used, even for Tokyo residents.




Some station has a train staying, but it is not moving and the tunnel ends at the end of platform. In some European SIM, there was a tunnel connected to the next station, where some people were surprised to see me walking out of the tunnel.




Surprisingly there was “Test Shooting Center” in the station, with a machie gun. This never can be in Tokyo.




Most of building interiors were not made in detail, but some has a cool spot where I would love to take a lunch,




There are many vacant rooms in buildings and few shops. The best way to enjoy this SIM could be walk around the beautiful streetscape of Tokyo made over three SIMs, with something like Segway.




As shown in the aboce picture, Segway can use elevated walkways as is, and can go into the end of small alley.




This Segway is more than 15 years old but so cool to be able to fly with the wheels folded. It can speed up or fly over buildings. But be careful that flying is prohibited at some spot. There was nobody on the day though^-^





  

TrustyCane who taught me the Berlin SIM is a traveler around the SL world. He asked me if there is Tokyo SIM. Freshly thinking, where is a SIM representing real Tokyo? Through the search, more than 50 places were hit by the word Tokyo. I visited every spot but most of them are shops or strange towns. This one seems to be the only straight Tokyo.




Townscape like Shinbashi or Ginza. It makes me feel as if I were walking in the real Tokyo, except that no people around.
SSOC: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SSOC/183/250/1105




Familiar names on the sign! I checked the area along the route ４50 on Google Earth, but I was able to find neither this intersection nor the convenient store. If this was not copying the real town even partially, the selecting. combining, and organizing talent of the creator is super!




A corner that could be seen at Osaki or Shinagara, where many open-air shops open actively on the weekends.




This is also named as Tokyo, but there is no place like this in RL.
Neo Tokyo: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cold%20Breeze/217/129/23




This is another Tokyo. It is interesting to see a town that exactly reproduces real one, but it is also one of joys of SL to walk around a town that does not exist in RL.
Tokyo Zero: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TOKYO%20ZERO/26/122/2500




I felt through trips in RL that; the more realistic to make a landscape, the more it becomes an art, but it cannot compete against the real one. This is the Times Square I took in the winter. This picture consists of a lot of works and presence of many people. There is no way in Second Life to experience the walking in this area. Then what is the meaning to walk in a city in SL? That could be related to my old articles below.

What is the Second Life: https://temioyen.tec29.com/e1717591.html
Three Mis Expectations: https://temioyen.tec29.com/e1689495.html





  

At the usual meeting area, a guest came from Germany, TrustyCane, who was using a good translator keeping perfect Japanese conversation. I asked him good German SIMs and visited Berlin after a long interval. The old Berlin that I visited before has been erased and this is a different one. As shown in the next picture, this is not a big town, but a construction field was set at a corner. I wonder if Berlin has many worksites and checked it on the net. They said that Berlin has been maintaining economic growth and attracting young people, with good public transportation system, low living cost, and high cultural environment. The work site could be a symbol of expanding Berlin.
Berlin:http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Berlin%20GNC/190/109/22




There is a TV tower, “Berlin Tower”. It looks a lonely figure but could be one of the sightseeing spots at Berlin. This tower was also at the old Berlin with surrounding buildings and the 360-degree observatory deck had an all-around texture of real city scenery.




The real height of this tower is 358m, much less than 634m of Tokyo Skytree, but this tower was completed in 1969, a big predecessor. In order to measure the height, I will see the coordinate difference between the top and the base, the same way to measure the length.




Maybe due to the time difference, there was no one around, but some figures were set here and there, a German style lady and young guy. As the overseas after a long time, I wore a strong-look avatar, but it was out of place, then I changed to German girl style in the above pictures.




A figure of wine steward at a game center, moving around smoothly, made a wry face to me. I hope he did not react to my outfit, but why is this kind of animation included in his program?





  

The last picture on the last article was so pitiful, I tried to remake whole shape to get it substantial. This skin is named “Strong Face”, so this kind of face could be suitable from the start. I made the body stronger along the way.




I successfully made a robust individuality, so I tried to apply it to a male shape. The left is an old avatar that I used before when traveling abroad alone or it is necessary to be male, but the classic avatar became obsolete. In the right, I put the shape in my mesh head but I was not able to make it manly. Partly because I did not have hair or mustache, but it should be more than that. Looks strong as female but weak as male?




Then I tried to apply it to myself, but my shape was somewhat cute today. As I reported before, my Bento head will have a bit different face every day. As the poor one last time, cheeky, unpleasant eyes, or a kind of cute in a way. Since I have been using this face for a long time, I gave up changing it now. It could be joy to see different mood every day. It ended up with self-satisfaction, but it might be useful to confirm that once a skin was selected, the shape will be limited within some range.




  

Though the recent articles I have become familiar with Miruru’s small cute nose, but I ran into a large one the other day. This is not an avatar but an AFK figure, but this is the first time in SL to see this size, although I have seen some in RL.




In the RL, I have an inferiority complex with my large and squabby nose, so I feel a bit easy when I see a large one. I tried to see how it can be made large with my current skin. Actually, it is possible to make it far larger but this could be the practical limit. I could put up with this shape although that is much larger than my real one. Please do not mention, “Where is the change?”




In RL, there are many beauties with larger nose. It might be the shape than the size that is important. Even for me, there is a person who says cute, and I do not hate the thickness of my nose pinched at being done CPR. It could be one of good things of SL to be able to talk about this kind of subject^-^




With a visor or sunglasses, the large nose could be suitable for them. I have not been able to use the visor with my original shape.




While playing around, gradually I was acclimated to the large nose. Actually, the left one of this size has a distinct character. The right is me. It is natural that it is not cute, but it looks spineless and boring, and losing against the left in strength or character. But it would be more important to be familiarized with the personality, so I would become a bit confident about my nose in my real life^-