![]() Holding the Page Up and Down Keys will put you up higher/lower into the air.Once airborne, if you can release the Page Up key, you will go into a hover state.Press the Page Up and holding will cause you to stay airborne and move higher in to the sky.Pressing the Page Up key once will cause you to jump into the air.Pressing and holding the spacebar will break your free fall. If you hit the home key while higher than 4 meters, you will go into a free fall.Press the home key again and you will land on the ground. Pressing the home key will put you about 4 meters into the air and you will not fall,.You can run in SL by pressing the comd & R keys at the same time.įlying – Home & Page Up and Page Down (fly up/fly down) Keys.Holding the keys will keep you moving, releasing stops the movement.If you do not have the arrow keys or you are using a laptop, you can also use the letter keys. Up/Down keys are for forward or backward movement, and Left/Right for turning.You can use these numeric keyboard arrows as you move through the world. Directional Arrow Keys and WEASDFC on the Keyboard So spend some time going through the training on the OI. Doing so will put you at a disadvantage and could make your first steps into the SL environment frustrating ones. It is very tempting to skip this training and jump right into the world and start exploring. All of the basic navigation skills are covered. Whichever OI you land on will take you through the skills you need to know how to navigate SL: Walking, flying, driving, chatting, changing your appearance, picking up things, and learning how to search. Don’t forget to make a Landmark at the chosen location so you can get back to do some more skill building after some exploring. Just click on one of the links in the Getting Started Locations Section. If you have already acquired your avatar through the SL web site or one of the other entry points, you can always teleport (tp) over to the NMC’s or Virtual Abitily’s OI at anytime. Already Have An Avatar or Need a Refresher You can pick up some professional looking clothes, complete professional looking avatars, and some teaching tools at the NMC’s islands. Additionally, they both have a buildings where you can pick up freebies. They have created a wonderful spaces for skill building, with more in-depth coverage of each skill learned. Virtual Ability and the NMC have developed their own Orientation Islands (OI) where you will develop the same skills as the SL OI, only better. You might also choose to go through Virtual Ability’s web site, both are very good starting places. Since the University of Delaware is a member of the New Media Consortium (NMC), you go can go through the NMC’s web site to create your avatar. ![]() The orientation island will depend on where you signed up. Once you have logged into SL you’ll appear on an orientation island.
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