I am inspired to try Second Life again

I learned about Second Life two years ago. It took me a year to attempt to create my avatar and venture in. I did not have the time or patience for it and so I moved on.

However two things have happened this week that make me want to try again. One is I am back to playing Rock Band again. I really like my avatar Jasmin. She has a good image and attitude - which is all computer generated, but still feels inspired by me. Two nights ago I finally ventured online to play against some others in the online community. It was really cool to see other people's avatars and although again the movements and attitudes are computer generated, I was getting into how the avatars were responding to each other.

This got me to thinking about Second Life again and how the users are in control of the movement and attitudes and I really started to understand the psychology behind virtual worlds a bit more.

Tonight I had a meeting with my interns, one of which is my designated virtual world expert. She was showing me around Second Life and I got the urge to want to "go in.' So I think this weekend I will try once again to make a half way decent looking avatar and venture in-world.

I will be posting more about the project that my interns are working on (the t-shirt should give you a hint) this Sunday  over at the corporate blog. It is actually really cool and a lot of fun.