I'd say you are right, but I'd also argue that the interface and the activities that you learn through provide a shared/'sharable experience. i don't thing in world co-presence is as strong as one would think. there are a ton of random associations in world where they might be in the same place, but their experience of it is profoundly different, even if they are chatting to each other. video, audio, hud enhancements, etc... the interface constitutes a frame for shared experience too in my view. i'm buridan simon in sl. On Nov 16, 2006, at 8:13 PM, Jonathan Stern wrote:
Jeremy and others,
I'd say the interface itself does not provide a true shared activity, second life is a great place for shared activities, but the simple interface and movement scheme does not echo anything shared for me. A user could very easily use second life and attempt to never truly interact with others while still using a shared activity.
Overall Shared Activity--Conceptually could mean many things but, shared activites are an important and neccessary part of the SL dynamic and I would argue that sharing or communal activities are central to what SL is about.
Sorry for the somewhat not cohesive rant,
Jon
On 11/14/06, Jeremy Hunsinger <jhuns@vt.edu> wrote:
hmmm, i would argue the opposite. I would say the SL interface, the avatarian embodiment, the world physics with walking, flying and related activities all constitute an overall shared activity. But what do you mean by overall shared activity? On Nov 14, 2006, at 2:00 PM, Mark Bell wrote:
Bonnie,
Just a note. There is no overall shared activity in Second Life.
M
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