But visitors should not be fooled fun activities also are available. Military Veterans Center Island is a place of green grass, serene walkways, waterfalls, campfires and swaying trees. The center’s island even includes a country bar where veterans can relax and talk. Service branch museums, a welcome center, a chapel, a replica of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as well as a hangar where social events will be held also have been created. The new island features a headquarters building that is more than double the size of the center’s headquarters building on the mainland. Avatars who visited the center could obtain information about a variety of veterans programs by touching the various posters peppered throughout the buildings.Įarlier this year, the creators completed work on an individual island with the same name.
In addition, they decide what is built in the center’s space.Īs a section of the Second Life mainland, the original center featured a headquarters building, a chapel, a museum and several meeting areas created by Second Lifers Hondo Slade, Cowboy Wayne and Asdzaa Oh. These five owners paid the $1,000 fee to develop a Second Life space and continue to pay the $295 per month rent.
Second Life was designed and is run by Linden Lab, San Francisco. veterans, who believed that Second Life could be the perfect venue for reaching out to other veterans, created and opened the center on Veterans Day 2007 originally as a section of the virtual world’s mainland. In others, veterans’ avatars take part in group discussions, fundraisers and even formal events. In some instances, a veteran’s avatar merely may stop by to check on activities while remaining quietly in the background. On an island in Second Life, more than 700 veterans are taking advantage of technology to stay connected and to find the help they need. military veterans are gathering in cyberspace to share information and continue the sense of camaraderie they had while serving their country. Military Veterans Center in Second Life island features a beach for informal gatherings and recreation.įormer service members convey experiences and support in Second Life.
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