It is one of the web’s most extraordinary creations. At first glance, SL, as most residents call it, resembles a computer game - a 3D landscape you navigate with your own customised character or “avatar” - but there are no dragons to slay or points to score. In fact, it’s not clear what you’re supposed to do at all. One thing SL is well primed for, however, is building: anyone can make anything, from teapots to skyscrapers. The essential building blocks are “prims”, short for primitives. These are geometric solids - cubes, spheres, cones - that can be dragged off a template then stretched, positioned, sized, textured and combined to form anything imaginable. Unlike the real world, there’s no gravity, weather, site preparation, sloppy workmanship, or planning committees to worry about. It should be an architect’s paradise.
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