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Dive World is a truly unique creation in Second Life. PADI, The Professional Association of Diving Instructors, in association with The Discovery Channel's Educator Network, constructed a sim in Second Life devoted to scuba and diving instruction and the education of the public by allowing them to explore underwater life by going on an actual dive from the comfort of your chair. You will find cave/cavern, ice, shipwreck, reef and kelp dives. You will also find training, education, links to dive schools in RL, as well as videos of actual dives.
Going for a dive is very easy and best of all it's FREE! No reservaitons needed, no tour guide required - just go explore at your own pace and see a whole new world. Simply get your gear (they have vendors on sight) and walk into the water ! I recommend the "Tropical Diver" package deal - sold in the dive shop adjacent to the main building - its on your left after entering the shop. It comes with everything you need - just open it, save to inventory, then click on the file and choose: ADD TO OUTFIT and you're all set. The minute you step into the water, your HUD activates, and you're diving and swimming like a pro! Use your arrow keys to move, page up / down for depth.
Kiki recently did a gig for PADI and The Discovery Channel and that was how we found this site. We talked about coming back to actually go diving, but couldn't work it into our schdule until today. She and I dove earlier today and had a blast - great attention to detail and wonderful place to snap a few pics as well!
Dive World :
PADI official website: http://www.padi.com/Dive World is a truly unique creation in Second Life. PADI, The Professional Association of Diving Instructors, in association with The Discovery Channel's Educator Network, constructed a sim in Second Life devoted to scuba and diving instruction and the education of the public by allowing them to explore underwater life by going on an actual dive from the comfort of your chair. You will find cave/cavern, ice, shipwreck, reef and kelp dives. You will also find training, education, links to dive schools in RL, as well as videos of actual dives.
Going for a dive is very easy and best of all it's FREE! No reservaitons needed, no tour guide required - just go explore at your own pace and see a whole new world. Simply get your gear (they have vendors on sight) and walk into the water ! I recommend the "Tropical Diver" package deal - sold in the dive shop adjacent to the main building - its on your left after entering the shop. It comes with everything you need - just open it, save to inventory, then click on the file and choose: ADD TO OUTFIT and you're all set. The minute you step into the water, your HUD activates, and you're diving and swimming like a pro! Use your arrow keys to move, page up / down for depth.
Kiki recently did a gig for PADI and The Discovery Channel and that was how we found this site. We talked about coming back to actually go diving, but couldn't work it into our schdule until today. She and I dove earlier today and had a blast - great attention to detail and wonderful place to snap a few pics as well!
Dive World :
PADI official website: http://www.padi.com/
4 comments:
If you have not scuba'd in SL then you have missed out on a great time! Best done with friends as many things are and it floats you right into the chill out zone. A bit like doing underwater tai chi lol.
I am waiting for the first SCUBA PARTY!!! :)
It would be good if they had underwater treasure chests that have linden dollars in them, like with Money Trees (remember those newbie days?!). I am a hardcore fan of scuba in SL as most of it seems to be underwater anyway hehehe. Was it on the PADI sim I found a wrecked and very real looking submarine... I don't remember. There are some fantastic dive locations in SL, PADI is one of them, and I highly recommend scuba for something different to try and discover.
slurl:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dive%20World/111/134/26/
been there, dived, and loved it.
for the RL divers, it's a nice option. for those who have never Dived in RL...this is really nice!
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