Second lives

1. Second lives
2. Second bodies
3. Second skin
4. We Met in Virtual Reality

Required Viewing

At least two of the following three documentaries:

• Second Bodies (dir. Sandra Danilovic, 2009)
• Second Skin (dir. Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza, 2008)
• We Met in Virtual Reality (dir. Joe Hunting, 2022)

Recommended Reading

• Baldanza, Jessica (2016) "The Sims Effect: Virtual Identities, Our Accelerated Reality" CRIT Paper. N.p. 2016

Key concepts, people, etc

• Avatar
  A virtual image that represents a person in an online word, with a "player" presumed to be "behind" the image.
• Machinima
  A form of creative video production in which virtual "worlds" (such as Second Life or a video game environment) are used as "sets" for creating movies that generally have little to do with the original purpose or typical gameplay of the environment (not gameplay videos).
  

References

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