2010/02/22
Virtual Decorations
Of the things I like most about Second Life, the small impossible quirks always give me a smile. In a lot of ways life in Second Life imitates life outside. Sure, people carry swords and dress up as characters from their favorite science-fiction show or fashion magazine, but for the most part people generally live in houses, and look like people.
So it's often the domain of small details to illustrate the surreal nature of Second Life.
Like wild, outlandish home decor.
It's a product by *S. It cannot exist in the real world, and a plastic facsimile of it would look lifeless and ordinary. But in Second Life, the home garden is a menagerie of outlandish wonder and this is a great addition.
I also love the "drawn in the air" quality about plants like this. In Second Life, too much surreality can break the immersion and make it feel like a picture on a screen instead of a space to explore, but little details like this let you make it someplace interesting but familiar.
Stoic Ixchel
So it's often the domain of small details to illustrate the surreal nature of Second Life.
Like wild, outlandish home decor.
It's a product by *S. It cannot exist in the real world, and a plastic facsimile of it would look lifeless and ordinary. But in Second Life, the home garden is a menagerie of outlandish wonder and this is a great addition.
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I also love the "drawn in the air" quality about plants like this. In Second Life, too much surreality can break the immersion and make it feel like a picture on a screen instead of a space to explore, but little details like this let you make it someplace interesting but familiar.
Stoic Ixchel
