Comments on: Virtual Worlds and the Military Amputee

By: Second Life Is Past the Hype | Die/|Hard 3.0

Second Life Is Past the Hype | Die/|Hard 3.0 — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:03:28 +0000

[...] Virtual Worlds and the Military Amputee The Amputee Virtual Environment Support System (AVESS) is discussed. [...]

By: Simon Walsh Is Someone You Should Know! : Moonletters

Simon Walsh Is Someone You Should Know! : Moonletters — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:05:55 +0000

[...] Another article on people with disabilities in SL [...]

By: cube

cube — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:07:09 +0000

What your getting at is that the “interface of virtuality” is a leveler. A barrier that equalizes many. If free it enslaves, if enslaved it frees…

15 years from your future.. cube3.

By: melponeme_k

melponeme_k — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:32:34 +0000

We are a race that doesn’t grasp reality all that well. Therefore we see VR and our VR representatives as real. There is no wall that stops any of us from separating the two spheres.

This effect is helpful (in the case of the disabled) and harmful (people who fall into an addictive psychosis).

We should work to see our avatars more as helpful tools rather than mirror images of ourselves.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:55:34 +0000

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By: cube

cube — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:12:49 +0000

http://www.littleabout.com/news/81351,amputees-feel-artificial-limb-put-virtual-world.html

oddly enough, this popped up in a weekly vr roundup site

By: cube

cube — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:17:02 +0000

the allusion of “control” and “power” over change in the immersive environment is yes one of the most enticing things about virtuality -3d media style.

Id be interested in any specific things you worked on for amputees within a 3d virtuality like SL. Were there any developments around the concepts of “phantom limbs” etc. now that an avatar “could” be offered as fully restored and animated in that way?