Comments on: my virtual reality http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/2009/07/my-virtual-reality/ Sarah Allen's reflections on internet software and other topics Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:04:58 -0800 hourly 1 By: Sarah http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/2009/07/my-virtual-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-798 Sarah Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:22:18 +0000 http://www.ultrasaurus.com/?p=1720#comment-798 I think that meeting in a virtual spaces somehow might have felt more "real," but that kind of VR is deceptive. I agree that it would make it even more confusing. In spaces like Second Life, you get real world-like, gestural cues that, I believe, increase a sense of trust. Whereas in the blogosphere/twitterverse veracity is naturally suspect; however, you see such frequent glimpses of human imprint that deception is as difficult as it would be in person. This line of thinking has led me to reflect on the old essay <a href="http://loki.stockton.edu/~kinsellt/stuff/dibbelrapeincyberspace.html" rel="nofollow">"A Rape in Cyberspace"</a> and how, by interacting on our own terms, via blogs, twitter, email and IRC, we innoculate ourselves from such an invasion. I think that meeting in a virtual spaces somehow might have felt more “real,” but that kind of VR is deceptive. I agree that it would make it even more confusing. In spaces like Second Life, you get real world-like, gestural cues that, I believe, increase a sense of trust. Whereas in the blogosphere/twitterverse veracity is naturally suspect; however, you see such frequent glimpses of human imprint that deception is as difficult as it would be in person.

This line of thinking has led me to reflect on the old essay “A Rape in Cyberspace” and how, by interacting on our own terms, via blogs, twitter, email and IRC, we innoculate ourselves from such an invasion.

]]> By: Mike Gunderloy http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/2009/07/my-virtual-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-797 Mike Gunderloy Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:52:35 +0000 http://www.ultrasaurus.com/?p=1720#comment-797 We could start holding RailsBridge Board meetings in Second Life. That'd be even more confusing. (There is a SL Ruby Users Group, too, though I haven't checked in to see what they're up to for well over a year). We could start holding RailsBridge Board meetings in Second Life. That’d be even more confusing. (There is a SL Ruby Users Group, too, though I haven’t checked in to see what they’re up to for well over a year).

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