To be honest, I've tried to avoid this. I know myself well enough to know how absorbed I can get with this kind of stuff. But since this thing is growing - and since my curiosity is stronger than my rationality - I've done it! I have been born in Second Life.
Besides investigating the place from a business perspective (I do believe that 3D interfaces are the internet to come, and that this is the *beta* version of that), and for plain personal fun, I'm also going
to blog about it for computerworld.dk (in Danish). This way, I'll look at what goes on from a professional angle - as well as a personal one. And I like it when my private and professional self merge. In a good way.
Anyway - creating ones Second Life avatar poses a challenge from the outset. Should I try to make it look as much as myself as possible? Or should I create an avatar that is either completely freaky - or somehow the ideal image of what I'd like to look like - if nature hadn't already decided that. I chose the first option. More fun and less teen-like, somehow.
So now I'm tweaking and tweaking and tweaking to make that avatar look right. And even though I decided NOT to spend any money in there, I've already bought a leather outfit, and I'm desperately looking for some proper hair! Frustrating experience! Although I've visited more than 10 hair shops with 100s of hair varieties - I haven't been able to finde one single curly version. Nobody wants curls, I guess.
I've posted a picture my first attempt. I've got the weirdest Simpsons-looking hair ( which is why I'm willing to pay real money for a better version) and my mouth and eyes are too big. *sighs*
Bonfire of the vanities! I'll keep you up to date with my genesis. :)
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