New Video: A Brief Meditation on Digital Shamanism
Extending ideas from the last couple of posts, this video plays around with the idea of using virtual reality to support internal visualization and imagination. In good Transworlders fashion, it was created using elements from Second Life, Frameforge and digital photography of the atomic world.
Digital Shamanism: The Psychological Dimension of the Transworlders Paradigm
Most of us tend to ignore the deeper dimensions of being that hide beneath our mundane states of mind. It struck me today that the idea of “Transworlders” not only applies to movement between virtual worlds, but also to travel through inner worlds and states of consciousness. And even to what might be thought of [...]
Quick Look at New iClone Avatar Builder Site
You don’t need to be Einstein to create an avatar using iClone Avatar Builder, but it’s fun to play around with that idea. The new site is a private label version of Evolver, which I’ve reviewed here before. The unique aspect of the new version is the ability to export a complete avatar for use [...]
Mixed Reality International Art Exhibition Will Focus on Ambiguity of Identity
(shot of planning meeting yesterday)
After almost a year of conceptual incubation, we’re finally breaking (virtual) ground on the mixed-reality “Ambiguity of Identity’ Exhibition in preparation for an April 7th opening. The multi-artist show will be housed in a new “Museum of Transworld Identity” which will cover an entire Second Life Sim. The exhibition will be [...]
Botgirl vs Human Trailer: Motion Comic Style
It’s not easy being the figment of someone’s imagination. It makes them think they can take advantage of you just because you’re not “real”. Well, I’ve had enough. This motion comic trailer will introduce you to what’s really been going on behind the scenes.
Click-through for HD viewing, and please, crank up the volume.
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Unabashedly Polyamorous.
When it comes to porting myself into platforms, I’m unabashedly polyamorous. I can’t be satisfied by only one, no matter how powerful, flexible or bug-free. So even though I’m still seeing Evolver, I met iClone last night and couldn’t resist. Although I only spent a few hours, it was very, very satisfying and we have plans [...]
Transportable Avatars Today: Video Tour of Evolver and the Many Worlds
Now that the smoke has cleared a bit from last week’s intra-blog conversation about digital property, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to share some of the fun I’ve been having with Evolver. You can create avatars on their site for free and export them to other platforms including:
Wonderland
RealXtend
VastPark
FriendsHangout
Animeeple
Mixamo
Source Data for [...]
Virtual Property Rights Manifesto: Consumers, Copybots and Common Sense
The only way for consumers to protect virtual property acquired in Second Life and gain full control of legally acquired resources is to copy digital assets to their own hard drives. For most inventory items, this requires logging into Second Life with one of the copybot clients that circumvent Digital Rights Management (DRM) limitations. There are two compelling [...]
Virtual World as Company Town
Traditional settings for company towns were where extractive industries — coal, metal mines, lumber — had established a monopoly franchise…Typically, a company town will be isolated from neighbors and centered (figuratively, if not literally) around a large production factory such as a lumber or steel mill or an automobile plant; and the citizens of the [...]
Transworlders Quick Look HD: Reaction Grid
This quick look at Reaction Grid is the first in a series of one minute fly-throughs of alternative Virtual Worlds. Although their web site is in desparate need of an Information Designer, it has a great deal of information once you wade through the menus. Here are some quick links:Free User Account RegistrationLog in InstructionsWeb [...]
Botgirl’s Excellent Transworld Adventure
I spent some more time on Reaction Grid yesterday. Although it has a way to go before offering the features and stability of Second Life, it’s easy to see that it’s just a matter of time before OpenSim grids will be viable alternatives.
I shot some HD video that I’ll edit and post here later this [...]
Are Multiple Identities Contrary to a Life of Integrity
Yesterday I wrote on the new Transworlder’s Community site:
I’m ready to be done with peering through the duality of SL vs. RL and the psychological, social and technical barriers that keep them apart. We live ONE LIFE through multiple identities, upon multiple worlds.
After sleeping on it, I realized that the post left the door open [...]
