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I am sure that most of you have heard of "second life". Second life is virtual reality at work. People create so-called "avatars" which represent them in the computer environment. These avatars are then guided by "players" at home, in front of their computer.
At difference to so many other online applications, only very few parts of what you see happening on your screen is actually dictated by a computer program. Most of the activity that you see and take part, is generated by humans who sit in front of their computers and tell their avatars what to do. If you go to the disco in on of second life's cities, you know that there is one human for each avatar you see on your screen, and all of them are "at the disco" in that very moment.
This environment is developing extremely fast. Apart from economic activity (entire marketing departments of multinational companies engage in finding the right marketing mix for second life), one novelty is a museum you can visit. I am not sure whether it is the first ever museum in second life (which I doubt), but if I am not wrong, it is the first Italian museum there. Anyway, you can go there and have a look at Italian artists' works. Learn more about the project on gridgallery. There is also a link to a flickr-site with a lot more views of the "building". Enjoy your visit.
At difference to so many other online applications, only very few parts of what you see happening on your screen is actually dictated by a computer program. Most of the activity that you see and take part, is generated by humans who sit in front of their computers and tell their avatars what to do. If you go to the disco in on of second life's cities, you know that there is one human for each avatar you see on your screen, and all of them are "at the disco" in that very moment.
This environment is developing extremely fast. Apart from economic activity (entire marketing departments of multinational companies engage in finding the right marketing mix for second life), one novelty is a museum you can visit. I am not sure whether it is the first ever museum in second life (which I doubt), but if I am not wrong, it is the first Italian museum there. Anyway, you can go there and have a look at Italian artists' works. Learn more about the project on gridgallery. There is also a link to a flickr-site with a lot more views of the "building". Enjoy your visit.
2 comments:
Now I know that I love you.
Let us know when you're gonna get to the gallery, you may want to have a look at our virtual side!
fosco & mb
always a pleasure...
secondlife: my computer is too old.
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