I recently, with the help of my professor, set up my avatar in Second Life. His name is "Skyler Intermenos". I must confess that I did not come up with this name myself. I went to Google, since Google does solve all problems, and typed in the search box "Gender Neutral Names". I read many names but Skyler really caught my eye. It reminded me of the sky, and to some extent I think of the sky being somewhat out of this world. To me this fit perfectly because Second Live is a virtual world, apart from this world which we currently live in. So, in essence, the name Skyler is symbolic of being a character apart from my world. The selection of the last name was rather random, but the name "Intermenos" seemed like it was a more robotic name than most, which perpetuates that it is an artificial character rather than a real one.
I must also confess that it does seem rather cool to have a character in Second Life. I personally love traveling, so in a way I can go where ever I desire by simply clicking a button that says "teleport". I can almost do almost anything I want. In reality, what human would not want to have the power to fly? Though no human physically can, I can fly with my character in Second Life. One final thing that seems really cool about my avatar in Second Life is that I am (or am at least represented) in two separate worlds. It is fun to break the laws of physics in more ways than one!
I agree. It's completely cool to have an avatar.
ReplyDeleteI still have "gee whiz" moments when, at meetings like the one I attended "in-world" yesterday, a NASA designer talks about building a replica of the current lunar exploration robots.
Perhaps I could travel to a college campus to hear someone like him speak, but it would be hard to see his museum and interactive displays without leaving my living room or office!
Wow. That would be pretty cool--to see a SL replica of some exploration robots. I would go there in a heartbeat!
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