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Scuba Gear

Two ways to dive: just wear your gear and have fun, or enjoy a complete real-time dive simulation.

subOceana simulation scuba set: jacket, tank, regulator, mask and fins

Simulation mode

Simulation Scuba Gear

Enjoy the limits of what can be done in Second Life with virtual scuba diving equipment.

  • Set up your gas blend (air or nitrox, O₂ %) and your units (metres, feet, bar, PSI) with the free Smart Dive HUD.
  • Real-time air consumption, depending on your breathing rate and depth.
  • Real-time dive computer with residual nitrogen in the blood, no-decompression time and decompression stops.

What's in the set

  • Mask
  • Fins that swim automatically when you enter the water
  • Tank and buoyancy control device (BCD), fully compatible with the subOceana – HEPS Virtual Dive Systems ecosystem
  • BCD HUD
  • Regulator with sounds (on land and underwater)
  • Dive computer HUD, working in real time and based on real-life algorithms: instant depth, maximum depth of the dive, no-deco time, O₂ % (when plugged to the tank), deco stops when needed, maximum O₂ depth alert
subOceana recreational scuba set in yellow

Simple mode

Recreational Scuba Gear

Just wear your equipment and jump into the water.

No settings, no planning: the recreational set is the easiest way to explore the reefs of Second Life.

Resizable for everyone. Jacket, tank and the rest of the gear resize from 30 cm to 3 m and more: from very small avatars and kids to adults and giants.

How to dive

The same controls work with both sets.

Direction

forward, to turn.

Ascend and descend

Page Up / Page Down, or move your mouse up and down in mouselook.

Fly mode

Press F on your keyboard to switch to fly mode.