"Since computer communication lacks the usual social cues, users tend to fill in what is missing with complex and detailed fantasy. Surprisingly open and emotionally intense relationships develop quickly in such an environment . As Turkle suggests, computer-mediated communication is similar to the analytic setting in that “the lack of information ( Read more... )

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Second Life really annoys me.

For the past year or so we've been working on this film project on VR and gaming, etc., and as part of it rezlab has compelled me to try out every online game in existence, so I had to explore what is behind the hype in Second Life ( Read more... )