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09.15.08Virtual Worlds: The Ultimate Map of What They Really AreJohn Curran posts diagrams from anthropology, linguistics, and social theory. And I love that stuff - it's visual, it's entertaining, it's intriguing. And I ran across one that struck me as a close representation of what virtual worlds mean. Not "mean" as in prims, or socializing, or business collaboration, or education, or dance clubs, or sex or whatever - but that sense of being in a waking dream. Swap out Daydreams in the following diagram with "Second Life" and see what you think (click for full size image): Second Life...involves play, which includes inner play and self-narration...which is a complicated process starting ...
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