Does Burning Man count as an alternate reality?
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Lewis Land <[email protected]> wrote: > Second Life, hmm. I must say, it is hard for me to imagine any experience > more divorced from the spirit of contra dance than a virtual contra dance > performed in a computer-generated alternate reality. To quote Snoopy in a > long-ago Peanuts cartoon, "my mind reels with sarcastic replies". That's > about as polite as I can get about such a bizarre concept. > > Lewis Land > > On 9/19/2011 3:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> 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, >> [email protected] 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<[email protected]> >>> Date: April 1, 2010 12:37:41 AM EDT >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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 >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
