Category: Virtual Worlds

Just a reminder for folks with fun pictures of their real life selves with their avatar selves, that there’s a flickr group for sharing those pics with others called "You and Your Avatar." I think Intellagirl is "winning" so far with this awesome pic.  Drop in your own mixed-reality image, from whatever virtual world /…

I had an interesting night catching a couple of fireworks displays — one virtual and one real. I’d have to say I had a better time at the virtual one. The real life fireworks show was put on by Macy’s for July 4th on the East River, like they do every year.  I walked over…

After a very busy weekend, I spent a relaxing couple of hours checking out the multiple in-world installations of Brian Eno’s ambitious art project "77 Million Paintings." Organized by BlueairTV, with the able assistance of SL artist Angrybeth Shortbread, the SL installations do a great job of re-creating what must be an astounding real world…

The Playboy Sim Everywhere I go in virtual world circles, I seem to encounter folks wrestling with the question: how do you measure avatar engagement? (Check the new Meta Metaverse blog and the eSheep blog for interesting commentary on this.)  For companies looking to use virtual worlds for marketing, avatar engagement is the Holy Grail….

Embracing my inner android, tonight I purchased a new cyborg avatar called the "HAV-2", created by the talented designer Hydrogen Excelsior. What’s awesome about it is that you can keep whatever "normal" human parts you want on your standard avatar and add various cyborg appendages as you wish.  I was playing around with Photoshop and…

I started a new flickr group called "You and Your Avatar."  Feel free to join and add pictures of yourself in real life besides your lovely avatar(s).  I was inspired by this great slideshow in the New Scientist of people with their avatars, and my dabbling with Cyberextruder a few days ago. Enjoy.