Nigel Paravane

How Second Life Affects Real Life - TIME
“What’s more, Bailenson’s research suggests that the qualities you acquire online — whether it’s confidence or insecurity — can spill over and change your conduct in the real world, often without your awareness. Bailenson has found that even 90 seconds spent chatting it up with avatars is enough [...]

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Second Life - Bay City
It’s worth checking out the layout, architecture, and landscaping of this new area.
tags: Second Life, OB, NP

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Are we closer to a ‘Matrix’-style world? - Frontiers- msnbc.com
“Advances in computing, graphics are creating a more realistic virtual reality”
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DAZ Productions - 3D Models, 3D Content, and 3D Software - Hexagon 2.5
“The new Sculpted Primitive tool allows users to model special primitive objects in Hexagon that can be exported in TGA format, then imported and used in Linden Labs’ popular 3D virtual world, Second Life. In Second Life, these sculpted primitives can be used [...]

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Lego’s Latest Brick Trick: A Virtual World
“Millions of children pick up Lego bricks each year to spend hours — 5 billion, in fact — creating their own imaginary worlds. Now the manufacturer of the little plastic playing blocks wants to take them online to “Lego Universe,” a virtual world for fans of the ubiquitous toy.”
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