Hi Natty. What are you doing today? It's the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and certainly a solemn occasion. I remember 20 years ago I was the first to arrive at the restaurant, so I started my routine as usual. Next the boss came in, and he brought a TV. Then we watched the news unfold, and I felt on the edge as you may expect, as did everyone else. The situation sucks, and that's the world. I don't wish to discuss my perspective on the matter.
Hey, Abba is getting back together! And they are using avatars for their live shows. This means hooking up motion sensors to the face and body, and what people see will be young and beautiful, just as the crowd would like. I suppose Abba will be doing the singing, and somebody else will be doing the jumping and kicking. The Japanese have been using avatars for live shows for a while already, as you can see in the video below. I'm sure it would be possible to have motion sensors activate the avatar in the Second Life context, but I haven't seen anyone do the programming for it yet. I'm sure the Japs would program such if financially motivated, but I don't have the bucks to get it done for Mary at this time. She's not going to do any jumping and kicking while singing, period. Her voice is very sensitive. Right now, using stock animations serves our agenda just fine.
