I'm seeing more and more influence of secondlife in real world: images, advertizing, videos, music, presentation - and a big movie.
What impact will "Avatar" have on us?
Will we get a population growth? Will we be swamped with newbies all looking like characters in the movie? Shuld we all look like characters in the movie for their benefit?
Will it be a rich and beneficial time for us or will it change our world? Will we tidy up the trash filled wastelands of our suburbs and become computer-friendly greenies on an avatar planet?
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Jig Chippewa
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12-02-2009 22:40
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Yuriko Nishi
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12-03-2009 02:29
have not seen the movie, but from what i heard about it, i dont see any connection to sl or rl ^^
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12-03-2009 03:44
effect is going to be "damn I want one of those" regardless of the movie plot
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Ceka Cianci
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12-03-2009 03:48
Surrogates was the closest thing i have seen to second life than anything
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Brenda Connolly
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12-03-2009 04:27
I'm not familiar with this movie. Unless it references SL or virtual worlds directly, I doubt it would have any big impact on SL Unless of course it tells people that they can have kinky sex in SL.
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12-03-2009 04:54
"Avatar" has as much to do with SL as does "Avatar, The Last Air Bender" - I predict zero impact. (And eagerly await both).
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12-03-2009 04:58
"Avatar" has as much to do with SL as does "Avatar, The Last Air Bender" - I predict zero impact. (And eagerly await both). Wasn't "Zero Impact" a Bruce Willis movie? _____________________
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Carbon Philter
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12-03-2009 05:55
Wasn't "Zero Impact" a Bruce Willis movie? They were all zero impact. |
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12-03-2009 06:23
What did "You've got mail" do for AOL ?
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12-03-2009 07:38
Wasn't "Zero Impact" a Bruce Willis movie? Lol and What did "You've got mail" do for AOL ? Rime _____________________
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12-03-2009 08:50
'Avatar' is such a generic term in computer gaming that I can't really imagine much of an impact on SL. To make the connection, someone seeing the film would have to a) be aware of SL's existence; b) be aware that one used an avatar in SL and c) choose SL over any of the other places where they can use an avatar.
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12-03-2009 09:24
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12-03-2009 09:27
Mmmm! Stargazy.
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12-03-2009 09:40
I don't know if it will do much for the main grid here, but I *do* think it will heavily promote interest in naughtiness with other vaguely human alien species...
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Ceera Murakami
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12-03-2009 09:42
Saw the movie trailers, and, as impressive as they are, I really don't think they will have any impact one way or another on SL or any other Virtual Worlds. The movie isn't about virtual worlds at all. It's a sci-fi pic about using cloned alien/Human hybrid bodies as telecherics for Human "operators", so they can interact on the surface of a hostile alien world.
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12-03-2009 09:48
Escorts may see a rise in people wanting to have sex using alien avatars.
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Sebastian Joliat
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12-03-2009 09:56
It's a sci-fi pic about using cloned alien/Human hybrid bodies as telecherics for Human "operators", so they can interact on the surface of a hostile alien world. You mean like the Welcome Area in Ahern ?? |
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Janus Rhiadra
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12-03-2009 13:23
The Avatars in the film look like nekos to me...anyone wanna bet that James Cameron is a visitor to SL ?
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12-03-2009 21:19
The Avatars in the film look like nekos to me...anyone wanna bet that James Cameron is a visitor to SL ? Dont know about Cameron but SL is not so unfamiliar territory anymore. It's getting used so I think Lindens may be on to somethign when they suggest their usership is widening. Since I've been off world I have heard SL being discussed in different venues and I have stayed silent or acted gormless (which isnt hard for me) Some people were singing its praises as an educational tool at a party I was at. An they got kinda cagey about other aspects of it when I brought them up BUT on th ewhole I have heard "good things". I think we may be seeing cracks in the basement door as the Thing Who Lurks Down There comes into the disneyficant sunshine of "in" places to be. Hey, I'm here after all! I reckon we're gonna see big changes coming our way, and they wont just be shadows on walls and toys like that. _____________________
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12-03-2009 21:24
Wasn't "Zero Impact" a Bruce Willis movie? I thought it was the title of my biography. _____________________
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12-03-2009 21:35
Escorts may see a rise in people wanting to have sex using alien avatars. They always want that. _____________________
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12-04-2009 03:50
That pie is totally barf.
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12-04-2009 04:11
That pie is totally barf. You'd be amazed at what tickles a bloke's fancy if his got an hour to spare when his wife's at the supermarket. _____________________
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12-04-2009 04:16
I DEMAND PIE! Hmmm i note these avatars in the trailers look amazing similar to blueish ferrets....i feel a conspiracy coming on...*looks strangely at Argent* (knowing some people will do ANYTHING for pie)  _____________________
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12-04-2009 04:20
Hmmm i note these avatars in the trailers look amazing similar to blueish ferrets....i feel a conspiracy coming on...*looks strangely at Argent* (knowing some people will do ANYTHING for pie) To me - and I'm not an expert in this sorta thing - they dont look crusty enough. And they look like they need a good pinch to set them crying. Not sure why I feel this, but I bet they're very "green" and eat roots and acorns. _____________________
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