Tag: avatar
It isn’t easy being green
Related to the discussion on values transferred between real- and virtual worlds, I am wondering what makes distinctions between for instance white and black as they exist in the real world, relevant distinctions in virtual ones.
Should there be any truth to prejudices -such as black people are less intelligent, more creative, etc, than white ones-, [...]
Posted: September 17th, 2008 under English.
Tags: avatar, behaviour, distinctions, IRL, methods, prejudices, Second Life, values, virtual worlds
Comments: 1
Entering the field…
Entering Second Life as an avatar in a virtual world was interesting! However, I immediately felt the need to excuse my role as newbie in Second Life (SL), putting forward my Real Life (RL) position as researcher instead. As a simultaneous reflection I am wondering why this RL quality suddenly seems relevant to put forward [...]
Posted: September 3rd, 2008 under English.
Tags: avatar, IRL, real life, Second Life, Twix Twine, values, virtual worlds
Comments: 4