{"id":8845,"date":"2012-11-22T22:15:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T05:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/?p=8845"},"modified":"2012-11-22T22:15:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T05:15:35","slug":"hey-i-had-an-avatar-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/2012\/11\/22\/hey-i-had-an-avatar-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey I Had An Avatar Already"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/files\/2012\/11\/Second-Life-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/files\/2012\/11\/Second-Life--e1353647700311.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"604\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/files\/2012\/11\/Second-Life--e1353647700311.jpg 292w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/files\/2012\/11\/Second-Life--e1353647700311-145x300.jpg 145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a>It appears in my previous explorations of Second Life &#8211; coupled with my desire to remain anonymous while probably reading some Science Fiction about virtual worlds, and the possibilities of creating something beyond ourselves, not just a digital replica &#8211; I created the attached avatar.  If memory serves me correct, I was going for proportions that would not naturally exist in nature, and potentially opposite of how I view myself (not an idealized version, just different).<\/p>\n<p>For myself, the development, modification, and up keep of such an entity is a lot of work, and not something I would find enjoyable.  However, I can see many students enjoying this, and probably focusing specifically on this.  You never know, it might one day make a great art project for Middle Years Kids.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears in my previous explorations of Second Life &#8211; coupled with my desire to remain anonymous while probably reading some Science Fiction about virtual worlds, and the possibilities of creating something beyond ourselves, not just a digital replica &#8211; I created the attached avatar. If memory serves me correct, I was going for proportions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14207,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8845"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8849,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8845\/revisions\/8849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}