UC Davis Virtual Hallucinations Link UC Davis put together an interactive room on their island to try to shed light onto mental illnesses with hallucinations. Before attempting the interaction, you are given a warning that some individuals find the content disturbing - afterwards, you download a file and walk through a house. During this time, certain things move that shouldn’t, notations describe certain hallucinations, and an audio track repeats and whispers that you are worthless, nothing, and you should kill yourself. It is extremely creepy and disturbing, but also eye opening. While I would not recommend it for everyone, this is definitely an interesting and informative visit for those that could handle it. It is important to note, however, that if you do not remove the badge required for the interaction, the audio hallucinations will continue even after you leave the island.
Genome Island Link I will be honest by starting this review by stating I have little to no knowledge about genomes. That aside, this island in Second Life was pretty unique. Again, this was one of the areas that stood out on the site because it displayed something that Google Earth could not: interactivity and the physical display of something that an individual would not be able to visualize in real life. Particularly, the pictured genome was a molecule displayed of Lysozyme. Visitors could click on buttons to change the status of the molecule to "Charged", and see how the molecule changed. This would be worth visiting for students learning about molecules and genomes.