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* concept of "live music" events | * concept of "live music" events | ||
** what are the motivations for the performer and for the audience? | |||
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* talker: consider a music analogue | * talker: consider a music analogue | ||
* MUDs (multi-user dungeon) | * MUDs (multi-user dungeon) | ||
** "Life on the Screen" | ** "Life on the Screen" by Sherry Turkle | ||
*** focuses on how the boundary between humans and machines has evolved to become extremely vague | |||
*** also noticed that people now began to talk to machines freely without much embarrassment | |||
*** argues that misrepresenting oneself in a MUD may have the benefit of being therapeutic | |||
* Cyber performance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberformance | |||
Revision as of 19:39, 20 July 2009
From wikipedia
- "The Second Life Terms of Service ensure that users retain copyright for any content they create"
- on average, 38,000 residents were logged in at any particular moment. The maximum concurrency (number of avatars inworld) recorded is 88,200 in the 1st qtr. 2009
- During a 2001 meeting with investors, Rosedale noticed that the participants were particularly responsive to the collaborative, creative potential of Second Life. As a result, the initial objective driven, gaming focus of Second Life was shifted to a more user created, community driven experience.[11][12]
From experience/ exploration
- concept of "live music" events
- what are the motivations for the performer and for the audience?
- concept of user-driven/-generated environment
Related topics
- talker: consider a music analogue
- MUDs (multi-user dungeon)
- "Life on the Screen" by Sherry Turkle
- focuses on how the boundary between humans and machines has evolved to become extremely vague
- also noticed that people now began to talk to machines freely without much embarrassment
- argues that misrepresenting oneself in a MUD may have the benefit of being therapeutic
- "Life on the Screen" by Sherry Turkle
- Cyber performance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberformance