When reading this article, I was surprised to see how similar avatar bodies and human bodies are in one way or another. According to the “Just Like Me Only Better” article, an avatar is what the gods were called whenever they came down to earth. The Second Life avatar bodies desire perfection in figure, features, and even hair textures, just as many human beings do today. The avatar and human life values are extremely close and almost exactly identical.
It was very amusing to me to see that people from all over the world and different cultures have the ability to choose their avatar fitting perfectly for them. For example, someone in the African culture is most likely to choose an avatar representing their heritage, and the same for someone in the Western culture or Chinese culture and so on.
It’s amazing how girls will choose avatars to represent their femininity and men will choose avatars to represent their masculinity. Not only that, people will select avatars to show and reflect their personality as well and not just their looks. Many details go into this process of creating the perfect avatar to reflect the beauty of a person, or the lack there of.
Hey Goldie, great job on your post! I really like it. I was also surprised to see the similarities between avatar bodies and human bodies. Second Life kind of reminded me of the popular game, The Sims. I know a lot of people who make a Sim version of themselves and play out a life with marriage, children, pets, home ownership, etc via a game.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to see how people choose Avatars similar to themselves in heritage. I was wondering if you could have avatars of different body structures as well. I may have missed that in the article but I know with games such as the Sims, an overweight person could live vicariously through a trim and fit character.