The small conference room in San Jose, California, was dimly lit and buzzing with intensity, while being relatively silent, except for the tapping of keyboards and the occasional chuckle or sigh. Avatars are virtual alter egos, that are our embodiment (not always human, as I noted) in a virtual world. read more. Tools

Although it was October, the weather was even nicer than California. The particular issue that concerns Hiroshi right now is the Second Life problem, 3D avatar immersive environments. To some disability groups, Second Life is wonderful. phenomena. When teacher is present, it's about textbook access.

Since the browser 3D can be exported into 2D,users are able to keep the same avatar across all virtual worlds,rather than setting up a new one each time. If Second Life is an aggregation of individual experiences upon a shared platform,then Doppelganger could be considered a community of indvidualspersonalizing a shared experience.