Comments on: Virtual Value http://blog.wonderwebby.com/2007/07/18/virtual-value/ Live. Play. Create. Imagination For Good. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:31:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Wonderwebby http://blog.wonderwebby.com/2007/07/18/virtual-value/#comment-11 Wonderwebby Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:58:00 +0000 http://wonderwebby.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/virtual-value/#comment-11 Andy I have been thinking about this, and I really think my studies of Animation have helped me see the potential of Virtual Worlds! <br/><br/>The first fundamental thing they teach you in animation: <br/><i>you can do ANYTHING here and make things exist that would never have otherwise seen the light of day </i><br/><br/>Our natural disposition tends towards familiarity,but I am sure once people start to feel more familiar with the sense of space in virtual worlds they will start to crave "more". <br/>Isn't that why, in real life, cities get bigger, architects challenge us with bold gravity-defying statements and we go for entertainment outside of our familiar landscape (amusement rides, movies, 3D screens, scuba-diving...)<br/>I cant wait to see where it goes and I have a few ideas of my own! Andy I have been thinking about this, and I really think my studies of Animation have helped me see the potential of Virtual Worlds!

The first fundamental thing they teach you in animation:
you can do ANYTHING here and make things exist that would never have otherwise seen the light of day

Our natural disposition tends towards familiarity,but I am sure once people start to feel more familiar with the sense of space in virtual worlds they will start to crave “more”.
Isn’t that why, in real life, cities get bigger, architects challenge us with bold gravity-defying statements and we go for entertainment outside of our familiar landscape (amusement rides, movies, 3D screens, scuba-diving…)
I cant wait to see where it goes and I have a few ideas of my own!

]]> By: Andy Piper http://blog.wonderwebby.com/2007/07/18/virtual-value/#comment-7 Andy Piper Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:48:00 +0000 http://wonderwebby.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/virtual-value/#comment-7 Very nice post. It lines up pretty closely with some of my own thinking, and a conversation I had at a conference this evening - why do people spend so much time (re)building the real world in a virtual world, instead of remembering that there's no gravity in Second Life :-) Very nice post. It lines up pretty closely with some of my own thinking, and a conversation I had at a conference this evening – why do people spend so much time (re)building the real world in a virtual world, instead of remembering that there’s no gravity in Second Life :-)

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