My Metaverse Toesis... Let Me Show You Dem
OK, these aren't mine, they belong to dinee Ghia... or even more precisely, they're synthetic toes embedded in the new pair of heels she just bought. Like hands, default avatar feet in Second Life have long been an immersion breaker-- not fully articulated or individuated, leading to a stumpy, paralytic look. ("We have ugly feet," as Ms. Ghia puts it.) And now fashion designers are cleverly incorporating toes into their shoes. Clearly I don't devote enough time closely staring at female avatars' feet-- how long has artificial podiatry like this been in use?
And foot fetishists around the virtual world rejoice...
Well, I guess I have a new reason to use SL again.
Posted by: Two Worlds | Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 01:09 PM
What if the toes' skin tone does not match the actual avatar's skin tone?
Posted by: Becca Imako | Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 01:16 PM
Becca, usually a HUD is provided so you can work with the color of the toes, and change things like nail polish and toe rings. Depends on the feet, of course.
Posted by: Alicia Chenaux | Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 02:46 PM
Shoes with custom toes have been around at least a year or more (I got a pair of shoes with toes sometime last summer)
Posted by: QueenKellee Kuu | Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 03:27 PM
2 years at least. You can also get sculpted prim bare-feet on Onrez. ^^
Posted by: Iris Ophelia | Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 04:35 PM
I would be seriously worried, Hamlet, if you actually paid that much attention to people's toes in Second Life xD
Posted by: Patchouli Woollahra | Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 08:27 PM
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
Posted by: Laetizia Coronet | Friday, July 04, 2008 at 12:08 AM
This blog has become nothing but an advertising platform. Guess I can delist it as a spam blogger now.
Posted by: Ann Otoole | Friday, July 04, 2008 at 04:14 AM
Dear Second God, please don't let me get this bitter, no matter how many Second Years I have behind me, amen.
Posted by: Solange Korobase | Friday, July 04, 2008 at 05:41 AM
Ann, how is it an advertising blog if he doesn't mention the name of the vendor?
BTW Hamlet, who *is* the vendor?
Posted by: Liberty Tesla | Friday, July 04, 2008 at 09:56 AM
I forget, Liberty, my real interest is how it innovates toward greater avatar realism-- click through to dinee's blog to get the details.
Posted by: Hamlet Au | Friday, July 04, 2008 at 10:39 AM
OOOO! I want toes!!!!
(Sorry, the inner child took over the ability to comment intellectually.)
Posted by: Emerald Wynn | Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 11:33 AM