People were asking me about what kinds of dancing goes on in Second Life. I uploaded a couple of quicktime videos of me doing some new steps I acquired, including the "butt dance," the "flapper," the "kata" (my favorite) and the "kick dance" (large-ish file.) Footage taken at the "Baby Dolls" club in virtual Amsterdam. I thought the roller skates were a nice touch.
I was on wifi on my iBook, so frame rates were pretty bad. But you get the idea.
You can compare these moves with me dancing in the real world.
I am insanely amused by the converation going on behind you in your “kata” clip:
Jaxx Tripp: “bulge is growing in jeans”
I know, I know. It was weird cause I was there at like 7:30am so no one else would be around. And then these strippers / pole dancers just started showing up.
If only it were like that in real life…
Watch Avatars Dancing in SecondLife
On June 9th, I wrote a post, “Dancing in the Second Life Virtual World.” In this post, I wrote about Rik Panganiban’s thoughts about the limitations of avatar dancing in such virtual environments. He followed-up with a comment where he…