my place by David Gale
Posted in avatar, ecstatic technology, virtual reality on Feb 3rd, 2010
So. ‘Avatar’. Yes. Wow. When I was a kid I would routinely project myself into the places depicted in my illustrated books. Now my kids, in addition to the books that they voraciously consume, have the added option of a trip down the road to a darkened hall in which they can strap on a [...]
Posted in Second Life, avatar, metaverse, pamper, simulation on Sep 26th, 2007
On Channel 4 News, an interview with Philip Rosedale, founder and CEO of vast virtual metaverse ‘Second Life’. He appears to have fair to greyish hair with a spikey fringe. The camera angle was quite low and the lighting was such that Rosedale bore an uncanny resemblance to a well-modelled figure in a computer game. [...]