CNN has an article up on Alter Ego, a book coming from photographer Robbie Cooper and MMO designer Tracy Spaight, where they look at the contrast between real people and their virtual avatars. WarCry received a copy of this book and attended its virtual launch in Second Life. We'll bring you our own report in the coming weeks. Until then, find out what CNN thinks.
There's more to someone's identity than a social security number, passport photo and set of fingerprints but it's difficult to define exactly what else it is. Is it what the public sees or the inner self? Some would argue that virtual identity is a truer reflection of self than someone's image in the real world.
Photographer Robbie Cooper has studied the relationship between gamers' real and online identities, taking photographs of the two images for the book he co-authored, 'Alter Ego: Avatars and their creators'. Cooper fuses together real portraits and virtual images of dozens of gamers and investigated if people's digital representations in role-playing environments were an echo of their true selves.
CNN Reports On Identity In Virtual Worlds
CNN has an article up on Alter Ego, a book coming from photographer Robbie Cooper and MMO designer Tracy Spaight, where they look at the contrast between real people and their virtual avatars. WarCry received a copy of this book and attended its virtual launch in Second Life. We'll bring you our own report in the coming weeks. Until then, find out what CNN thinks.
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