http://www.metaversejournal.com/2008/11/16/shadows-on-the-wall-mimes-in-the-street/ Coverage of news, issues and events occurring in virtual worlds or those who create those worlds Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.metaversejournal.com/2008/11/16/shadows-on-the-wall-mimes-in-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-206885 Anhkah Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:26:54 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=1749#comment-206885 You said, "An avatar, whether as a component of a gaming or non-gaming digital environment, cannot be said to be controlled by a person, nor can it have its own actions." <br>From what I've seen, in the social culture of Second Life, the agent and the avatar are synonymous by common contextual definition. Most people don't know about the specifics of how their "virtual senses", aka the audio/visual response received from the server through the agent, work. They process the information unconsciously and perceive themselves within their avatar. That's immersion for you. You said, “An avatar, whether as a component of a gaming or non-gaming digital environment, cannot be said to be controlled by a person, nor can it have its own actions.”
From what I've seen, in the social culture of Second Life, the agent and the avatar are synonymous by common contextual definition. Most people don't know about the specifics of how their “virtual senses”, aka the audio/visual response received from the server through the agent, work. They process the information unconsciously and perceive themselves within their avatar. That's immersion for you.

]]> http://www.metaversejournal.com/2008/11/16/shadows-on-the-wall-mimes-in-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-206042 Anhkah Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:26:54 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=1749#comment-206042 You said, "An avatar, whether as a component of a gaming or non-gaming digital environment, cannot be said to be controlled by a person, nor can it have its own actions." <br>From what I've seen, in the social culture of Second Life, the agent and the avatar are synonymous by common contextual definition. Most people don't know about the specifics of how their "virtual senses", aka the audio/visual response received from the server through the agent, work. They process the information unconsciously and perceive themselves within their avatar. That's immersion for you. You said, “An avatar, whether as a component of a gaming or non-gaming digital environment, cannot be said to be controlled by a person, nor can it have its own actions.”
From what I've seen, in the social culture of Second Life, the agent and the avatar are synonymous by common contextual definition. Most people don't know about the specifics of how their “virtual senses”, aka the audio/visual response received from the server through the agent, work. They process the information unconsciously and perceive themselves within their avatar. That's immersion for you.

]]> http://www.metaversejournal.com/2008/11/16/shadows-on-the-wall-mimes-in-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-195920 BevanWhitfield (BevanWhitfield) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:11:13 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=1749#comment-195920 Shadows on the wall, mimes in the street - http://tinyurl.com/6gfty8 Shadows on the wall, mimes in the street – http://tinyurl.com/6gfty8

]]> http://www.metaversejournal.com/2008/11/16/shadows-on-the-wall-mimes-in-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-195921 taterunino (Tateru Nino) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:06:46 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=1749#comment-195921 Worth reading: http://tinyurl.com/6gfty8 Worth reading: http://tinyurl.com/6gfty8

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