The classic anime trope of “First Day of High School”, where unsuspecting students are plunged into any number of situations from zombie attacks and demon factions to magical hijinks and outlandish personalities. Fortunately or unfortunately for this student however, the next three years of her life will be a never-ending rotation of studying, exams and trying to fit in.
While there are many, many, many different variations of school uniforms available in Second Life, there are surprisingly few sims which warrant being used for photo opportunities with them. One of those that I have visited a few times, is Kokoro Academy, a long-time in-development sim based on a Japanese high school, which offers many different locations for an ad-hoc photoshoot. My outfit of choice this time around is the ‘k-school girl’ RARE A variant from content creator Cheezu. Got really lucky with pulling this in just two attempts.
This photo was taken in Second Life. Second Life does have a reputation for more adult content (there is no shortage of that if you explicitly look for it). However, those interested in using it to build custom avatars and take great photographs will find a lot on offer from the user-created worlds, purchasable content for your avatars, a high level of customisation and clients dedicated to taking fantastic photos. Just beware that with high quality content comes a potentially high real-world cost for digital assets.
Take That (In-Game) Snap Daily Photo is an off-shoot of the Take That (In-Game) Snap article series, in which the first article focusing on Final Fantasy XIV was recently published. This looks at, celebrates and critiques how video game developers have implemented professional photography-like systems into their games. It will cover how the systems handle, just how accessible they are and, where applicable, how a modding community might be making these tools even better. With this Daily Photo spin-off series, I will be sharing individual photos from the games either covered or soon-to-be-covered in the series.
