You might remember that a year ago Marc Owens designed the Avatar Machine, a system which replicates the aesthetics and visuals of third person gaming, allowing the user to view themselves as a virtual character in real space via a head mounted interface.
While researching the project, the designers discovered that a great deal of second life residents have multiple avatars, some stay in favour for a long time while others loose their interest. One guy who they spoke to had 14. He said that he used…
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Post Date: 2008-06-26 06:08:50
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Post Date: 2008-06-26 05:57:44
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Post Date: 2008-06-26 05:57:10
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