Second Life: Personality - Identity ¨C Avatars
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The purpose of this presentation is to examine how users interact with avatars and why users create them as their identities in the virtual world.
Second Life: Personality - Identity ¨C Avatars
- 1. Second Life:
- 2. Avat ars ? What is an avatar? ? An avatar is referred to as a representation of the user in cyberspace. ? It improves social presence in SL ? Avatars can be agents, static or 3D ? SL allows you to truly customize avatars
- 3. Agent s ? What is an agent? ? Earlier forms of modern avatars were referred to as the ¡°PERSONAL AGENT¡± and the ¡°INTELLIGENT AGENT¡± (Johnson, 1997) ? ¡°Agent¡± stands for avatar.
- 4. Personal Agent s ? Personal agents : fetches data and returns the value in the form of something users can relate to. Source: https://help.lycos.com/dog.gif Source: http://www.honkernet.net/images/askjeeves.gif
- 5. I nt el l i gent Agent s ? Intelligent agents: are designed to monitor your everyday progress and assist. Source: http://secretgeek.net/image/Search_over_engineered.jpg Source: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/419547045_de7c79e6b4_o.jpg Source: http://www.biancolo.com/jim/search_dog.jpg
- 6. Ref erri ng t o agent s ? Johnson says this about avatars: ? Instead of space, those zeros and ones are organized into something closer to an individual, with temperament, and physical appearance. (Johnson, 1997) Source: http://www.hit.ro/downloads/2007_07/t_Yahoo_Messenger_.jpg
- 7. St at i c Avat ars ? Avatars can be static images: ? These types of images can be used in forums, instant message, or blogs. ? They represent users personality and interest. Source: http://www.avatarist.com
- 8. SL Avat ars ? SL Avatars are 3D and Advanced: ? SL allows users to create ¡°look alike¡± avatars ? These avatars are more controllable and creative. Source: http://www.2ndlook.org/
- 9. New Faces i n Cyberspace ? Real life to Second life Source: http://www.secondlifemarketingtips.com Source: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/07/21/virtual_marketing
- 10. Soci al Presence Theory ? Social Presence is: the process by which someone comes to know and think about other people¡¯s characteristics and qualities. ? As a result the presence leads to a better person perception.
- 11. Soci al Presence i n act i on wi t h SL ? SL provides the ability to communicate with a sense of proximity and tangibility that is accepted in the virtual world. ? SL can enhance the class room interaction ? SL can help college admissions offices relate to prospective students ? SL can be used with employers for job interviews
- 12. Sai nt Leo Uni versi t y i n SL ? Saint Leo University contains an informational video on their virtual campus. ? The video discusses Online Learning for Adults http://slurl.com/secondlife/Saint%20Leo%20University/119/122/41
- 13. Fi rst Li f e / Second Li f e? Bringing the first life into Second Life and vice versa. ? Avatars help us transform Video clip key points: Loading Program / Residual Self Image / Mental Projection of your digital self / What is real? Load Video Source: http://www.avatarist.com/avatars/Movies/The-Matrix/page2/
- 14. FromAvat ars t o Hol ograms ? CNN broadcasted their first interviews using hologram technology ? Will holograms transform the way we interact with others? ? Maybe we will be able to participate in SL as ourselves instead of using avatars¡ Load Video Source: http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6338968,00.jpg
- 15. Looki ng Forward ? Second Life has truly redefined the way avatars can be used in the virtual world ? A true sense of community can be achieved ? SL has a bright future with new technology