I asked Second Life bloggers in Alicia's challenge to write about a real world object important to their virtual experience. Noelyci Ingmann wrote about this: his insulin pump. (Which as it happens, acts as a kind of virtual artifical pancreas that keeps him alive.) Why is the device so important to what he does in Second Life? "I felt like I always wanted to design something in Second Life that was meaningful and lasting," he writes, "a contribution I could stand behind." So he created an SL version of his insulin pump, as a way to raise awareness about diabetes, then got friends' avatars to model it in a Virtual Insulin Hotties photo series. Whether they're in the challenge or not, I'd love to read other SL bloggers discussing the real world objects that impacted their Second Life as profoundly.
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Um, other than the computer, the keyboard, the mouse, the chair, and other such things? Probably the notepads and sketch book by the computer.
Posted by: Marianne McCann | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 12:27 AM
My Spacenavigator!
wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Spacenavigator
wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Joystick_Flycam
Posted by: Opensource Obscure | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 02:11 AM
Coffee maker. Can't do the computer without the coffee ... the machine needs electricity, and the operator need caffeine!
Posted by: BTRIPP | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 08:43 AM