Sometimes I feel like Sancho Panza fighting the windmills. My favourite windmill being the terminology of immersionism/augmentationism. One would expect that the obvious mistake in the terminology like that one is will be cleared easily, so we can continue thinking and discussing the problem more effectively. But no, it doesn't happen.
It's not that I haven't said it loud enough and often enough. Something else is the case here. Read more »
You know which cloud I am talking about? The one that shows up before your avatar has rezzed. The glowing mass that floats and soon enough (providing that asset servers haven't gone to hell again) will get its shape and textures and become a nice looking avatar.
But before that, it can be anything. It can turn out to be anything at all. Millions of possibilities that glow right in front of your eyes. Why am I telling you this? Read more »
Alicia Chenaux started this train of thoughts asking why the guys in second life are (almost) always going after blinging bimbos with oiled skins, big boobs and short skirts. Answer seems to be easy, those guys are after quick cybersex, the version of it that relies more on pixels and animations than on exchange of ideas and phantasies. And so are bimbos with oiled skins. And they are communicating that message very well. But there is the rest of us, so where is the problem? Read more »
I am not going to rant about Linden's last raising of the OpenSpace prices. Because this time, it's not about running the biz wisely nor respecting the customers. It's about friends leaving second life or retreating because they cannot afford (or don't want to pay too much for) virtual land anymore. This time it's personal.
Because, that chunk of data, that grayscale image that renders into 3D mesh with ground texture, is a very personal thing. Read more »
People will start drama over anything. It really doesn't matter if it's stolen boyfriend, creations that look similar, somebody's way of life, branches of a prim tree going over the parcel line. Drama can be made up of anything. What matters is that they need to get their private sitcom going. Question is whether you want to play a role in that sitcom. Read more »
