Ok- I am going to show my ignorance here... until our last class I associated avatars to the ads on the side bar of nearly every website which was a cartoon that had a likeness to a person’s picture. The professor who demonstrated the Second Life avatar creation process and the fantasy world they reside was very enthusiastic. His excitement over the technology and social aspects of it was very refreshing. I thought it was interesting to see how committed he is to the expansion of Second Life. I was a bit on the fence about whether or not I would enjoy this assignment. I was dedicated to give it a genuine attempt. What I didn’t realize the extent of work required to create and utilize one. I spent more than four hours building and “attempting” to customize my mini me. I never got the hair right. The clothes are far from anything cute. The only thing I did get right was her name- and that is because there is no way to mess that up.
I honestly do not know what I was expecting. When I was dropped into the world of second life it was interesting. I looked like dozens of other avatars that seemed to have been dumped into the world just minutes before me. I thought it was odd that you could see others changing in front of your eyes just as they could see the changes you were making to your avatar. Several odd individuals commented along the process, as if they were the commentator of the metamorphosis. Since that wasn't enough, many inappropriate people reside in this Second Life. I don’t know what I was thinking... I mean, I should have expected there would be some wierdos in make believe world since they do exist in the real world. Well, I will share more about my mini me adventure another day.
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