Around The World In 80.....Seconds?

In this picture I am at the outdoor produce stands in Morocco. I had mixed feelings about Morocco. The castle-like building was very nice and all from the outside, but was very plain on the inside. Also, there was absolutely nobody else at all in all of Morocco. When I think of Morocco, a place I sincerely wish to visit in the future, I think of it being quite dense in population. I understand that this is a virtual world and there are not as many residents of Second Life as there are in Morocco, but still there should be at least another person or two. While visiting Casablanca, I learned that items can be "locked" to others. In one case I tried to ride a car but it said that I cannot because it is not mine. I just thought that all content was for everyone but I learned that this is not the case. While in Morocco I did not experience any uncanny valley moments.

In this picture I am visiting Dublin, Ireland. My first impression of Dublin was very positive. There were many buildings which gave it a real city feel, which I like. The buildings looked very up-to-date, as opposed to the buildings in Virtual Harlem which added to the overall positive feel of Dublin. One thing that I did find odd is that the streets and buildings suddenly cut off which made it look kind of strange. One thing that I learned when I went inside one of the Irish Pubs is that not only can you dance along, but it is also possible to dance with someone else. There were no uncanny valley moments here. I thoroughly enjoyed Dublin.

In the above picture I am in Mexico. My first impression of the place is that it was indeed very pretty, but also very small. The island is not that big, and the second that one teleports there you are right in front of the Aztec pyramid, which is absolutely very nice, but to be honest I did not think that it would be my very first stop in Mexico. I thought that perhaps I would wind up in a city with many people where I could talk to people and go in and out of buildings, perhaps more like the Virtual Harlem setup. Nonetheless it was very nice and I thoroughly enjoyed riding the giant butterfly. I did not have any "Uncanny Valley" moments during my time in Mexico. I learned that not only are there unique little activities that an avatar can do within the virtual location (such as the giant butterfly), but that in addition to walking, running, jumping, and flying, one's avatar can indeed ride things (as I attempted to do in Morocco). Mexico was quite an interesting experience!

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