19 Sep
2011
19 Sep
'11
10:46 p.m.
Perhaps if someone is curious enough to dance in virtual reality then they
might be curious enough to try it in real life. I guess the challenge is
to get them to step away from their computer. Uummm, I'll step away in
just another minute...
Donna Hunt
"Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should
dance." -unknown
In a message dated 9/19/2011 5:36:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
cmbaker(a)tiac.net writes:
On Sep 16, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Chip Hedler wrote:
(Bizarre aside: anyone remember Second Life?
Wouldn't it be cool if you
could program avatars to do dance moves and have a virtual contra dance,
or
test dance sequences? Actually, forget that! It's
totally against what I
value about real dancing! )
I sent the following e-mail to the MWSD caller's list on April 1, 2010...
Begin forwarded message:
From: Clark Baker <cmbaker(a)tiac.net>
Date: April 1, 2010 12:37:41 AM EDT
To: sd-callers(a)all8.com
Subject: Square Dancing in Second Life
With the box office success of Avatar, you may be interested in my
experiences
taking square dancing to Second Life. In this virtual world, users
(residents) can interact with each other through avatars. Residents can
explore, meet other residents, socialize, participate in individual and
group activities, and create and trade virtual property and services with one
another, or travel throughout the world.
Second Life has an internal currency, the Linden dollar (L$). L$ can be
used to
buy, sell, rent or trade land or goods and services with other
users. L$ can be purchased using US Dollars and other currencies on the
LindeX exchange provided by Linden Lab, independent brokers or other resident
users.
I put two and two together and created a square dance hall and offer
square dance
lessons. People pay in L$ but I have made enough to make more
teaching dancing in Second Life than at some dances in the real world! I
know that some of you are going to say that teaching square dancing in virtual
reality doesn't count, and that the computer users should meet and
interact with real people. However, I believe that they are square dancing, and
any kind of square dancing is better than nothing.
Let us know what you think.
--
Clark Baker, Belmont, MA
cmbaker(a)tiac.net
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