April 2004
My Avatar, My Self
Pick a virtual body and hang out in a massive simulated world: it may be the future of online interaction.
By David Kushner
It's a quiet day over here. The ground outside my window is caked in snow. The driveway is icy, the car waiting to be freed. Short of the UPS guy or maybe the neighbor walking his twin dachshunds, the chances of chatting up someone about last night's episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm seem slim.
But as always, there's plenty happening over There. The dune buggy racers are kicking up dirt on their way to the track. The hoverboarders are flying. A surfer dude flirts with a raver in a halter top and neon green micro shorts. And Lexxa, someone who has greeted me within seconds of my materialization, is offering to show me the way to the spa. "You look like you could use a makeover," she says.
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