The virtual communities created by online games have provided us with a new medium for social interaction and communication. Avatar Machine is a system which replicates the aesthetics and visuals of third person gaming, allowing the user to view themselves as a virtual character in real space via a head mounted interface. The system potentially allows for a diminished sense of social responsibility, and could lead the user to demonstrate behaviors normally reserved for the gaming environment.
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Comment by tk7936
2 8/19/2008, 7:41 pm o'clock |
Instant manifestation:
http://gizmodo.com/346937/plasma-thruster-powered-cigarette-sized-unmanned-aerial-vehicles-to-take-to-the-skies
Comment by Ben
1 8/19/2008, 11:10 am o'clock |
This is funny. It would be nice to have a small UAV that could sync to our person and fly with us transmitting the visual data through wifi or bluetooth producing this same effect.
We need more personal biometric, and an open source system architecture designed around tailored human experiences.