Part I - Realistic Self
Part II - Fantasy Self
The name of this avatar is Simon. The year is 2047. He is 24. He is an acolyte in a cult obsessed with the singularity, or the moment when artificial intelligence becomes indistinguishable from natural intelligence and humanity becomes effectively immortal. This cult's members attempt to expand their consciousness through a mixture of psychedelic drugs and prolonged VR sessions; in preparation for the limitless potential of an electronic mind. After the technology becomes feasible, they plan to download their minds into a single computer and then commit ritual suicide through the LED crystals implanted in their skin, which contain a lethal dose of cyanide.
The casual futurism of a program like Second Life made me wonder about a reality in which VR was commonplace, and humans were even more inexorably linked to machines. This avatar is a thought-experiment along those lines. I cobbled together the outfit from various pre-loaded clothing items and basic textures. The LED crystals were created with the build tools.
DJ,
ReplyDeleteNice work throughout! In comparing your representational self to the photo I have of you on my roll sheet the resemblance is quite clear. The hair is a bit extreme in difference but the face is quite well done!
Sorry the imagined self would not load properly yesterday, we just ran out of time looking at the representational selves. Well done - the Sci-fi approach is quite imaginative. I wonder, however, if his head should not be HUGE as in Star Trek really smart aliens. BTW, there are some amazing Science Fiction sims in SL that your avatar would do very well to visit (you would fit right in!).
joseph
Insilico is one.
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