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Posted on: May 27, 2006

Shoshana Epsilon's been on a snap-happy tour, taking photos of as many Mentors and Lindens as she can find. We finally got together the other day in her very nice aerial studio. Too bad I was snapped just before Second Life 1.10 came out, 'cuz the lighting on my skin looks flat. (What a difference a day can make!) Eloise Pasteur looks lovely playing the flute.

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I was trawling through some older SL blog entries, and came across "Who is the Great Avatar?" by Taras Balderdash, which refers to SL's race of avatars as "avatarians"—the same word I've used on occasion. I've not met him inworld yet, but was struck by how kickass his av is, because elderly monks are a hard find!

Someone should make all 36 chambers of the Wu-Tang.

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Recently, "Linden Lab Fellowship Awarded to Students from School of the Art Institute Of Chicago". I know some've mused about having little action figures made of their avatars, but I think when it'll get really interesting is not with miniatures being made, but lifesize mannequins, and robots. Imagine having a "bot", a Non-Player Character in Second Life who's mirrored by an offline counterpart in the "flesh".

And someone has to say it, so I might as well go ahead: there'll be a market for obsessives to have Realdoll-like versions of attractive avatars. We aren't taking about little keychain models or even knee-high ones, but full-scale creations which can see eye-to-eye with human beings. They'll be inanimate—at first—but as the years roll on, they, like SL avatars themselves, will become more expressive.

In the realm of sexual fantasy on Internet, things like fake celeb nudes have been gradually extruding into 3D and increasing in "virtual" dimensional depth. The inverse is also true, and… it's only a matter of time before someone gets such hots for an escort in Second Life that they want a physical counterpart, whether or not the person behind the escort approves. Tie it into teledildonics research and you can quickly see where all of this is going.

After letting this marinate, I'll be watching for the headline on MMOrgy (obviously, adult content ahead).

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If there's one feature voting proposal you smile at but don't actually vote on this year, I hope it's this one. Elix Perth, you're making me blush! I'm thrilled to see the votes, but I really hope you guys allocate them towards USEFUL things which'll change Second Life's future positively. But at the same time, I am honored. So thanx!

When I mentioned to Elix I was going to eat the sun if it was a watermelon, he told me the legend of Raven. Sucker for myths and tricksters here!

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Envision seeing this embedded in Second Life when Gecko (Mozilla's rendering engine) finds its way in, aka HTML-on-a-prim. You think it's possible? Come back here when it's true. :)

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And… IF YOU'VE BEEN ENJOYING SECOND LIFE 1.10 and are curious what's been added, be sure to see What's New!

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