how to develop an environment (including terraplain) and see how it can be a paradise” He sees the need for people to have a house in a virtual world as in real life. “Everybody wants to have a little corner that looks like the place of your dreams, which people often do not have a chance to get in real life. In my point of view, the house is always a reflection of the owner, and people have the chance to express 100% in SL who they are”. The Architecture practiced by Alee is modern, clean and light per excellence. And two of his projects that can be found in Horizontes are projects already developed in rl, with some restrictions to suit the virtual world. Alee cares a lot about the peculiar characteristics of SL and seeks balance, as it is not simple to switch between the numbers of primitives rather than hinder the look and essence of the place. He says – “The stairs made of sculpties and a handrail of textures can destroy the 3D sense of SL. I use sculpties only when they are really necessary, as in complex shapes and other places where you can not use a
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regular primitive. Textures for 3D effect… no way! Abusing sculpties means to make people wait forever to render the house and furniture. There is this characteristic delay of sculpties and also primitives, which are loaded with different textures. It would be easy to make a super realistic house, “baking” all textures in 3DSMax and exporting them to SL. It would bring an extraordinary and realistic effect to creations, but there would be an eternal wait to see them, which nobody wants. The SL creators of content should watch this. Houses with complex shapes and low primitives may seem feasible and economic, but the consequences can be grim. So, the key word is balance”. Alee tells us about his most recent and exciting project, the Multiplace. - “I always wanted to bring quality to my projects in SL and long idealized a project to bring artists of all levels from real life to SL: art, music, architecture, graphic design and everything else... Since I knew the work of InnerWorld I saw they had something I really wanted: a work with the same level that professionals of rl develop. At the same