Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Jazz Club
I found the jazz club rather boring, people were very upset that I wasn't dancing and in formal wear, and that was the only interaction I got out of them. I eventually got some dance things going on, and was very unimpressed by the recordings. I know it is a challenge to do a live performance with multiple people, especially in a virtual world, but I was hoping for maybe a soloist playing over a jam track or piece, so at least one of the instruments was live. I could see something like this being a networking event, maybe practice for the feel of online interactions and discuss music, maybe practice some conversational english/language, and mask that you are not a native speaker, and just try to keep the face straight as long as possible, or even fool people into not even noticing that you are not a native speaker of the language you are speaking, which would build an enormous amount of confidence, I believe. Sadly, this event was a bunch of stiffs, but gladly so, because it made me think outside the box a little bit, it forced me to come up with ways it could be educational because.....well, there was nothing else to do except watch my avatar dance
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Andrew, sorry to hear about your disappointing experience. I've been somewhere "dancing" too, and I have to say it was incredibly boring. Maybe it works for some people, but not for me. It's funny to watch the avatar dance for a couple minutes, but that's about it.
ReplyDeleteI do feel an actual presence when I'm virtually sitting with the class during our Thursday or Saturday sessions or when I'm walking through a virtual museum, but the "being there" feeling doesn't extend to dancing (or ice-skating, which I've also tried in SL). I think the feeling of "being there" is a mental aspect that doesn't extend to other physical avatar activities besides walking -- at least for me.
Andrew, I have found certain experiences in SL to be disappointing as well. I think it is really interesting that people take it that seriously how your avatar was dressed. I would had probably gotten similar reactions being as I rarely change my avatars outfit and do not know how to get my avatar to dance. I hope you have a better experience on you next SL outing.
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