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kmcolo

8-24-2007 12:55 PM

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gaming, games, video games, science, psychology, virtual reality, body

kmcolo says:

Participants "delocalized" their "self" from their own physical body onto a gaming avatar. Wild.

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8-24-2007 4:45 PM

adamc

I got my hair cut because I liked the way it felt on my avatar in Second Life.

8-24-2007 7:48 PM

bignosemousie

I got my hair cut because I liked the way it felt on my avatar in Second Life.

Incredible. How will the next generation define "life" or "living?"

9-7-2007 10:58 PM

neochonetes

wow..I'd like to know more about this research.

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