{"id":1242,"date":"2007-04-07T10:55:10","date_gmt":"2007-04-07T14:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2007-04-19T19:05:17","modified_gmt":"2007-04-19T23:05:17","slug":"augmenting-avatars-and-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=1242","title":{"rendered":"Augmenting Avatars… and People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I read on The Meshverse Journal (Link)<\/a> that Trevor Smith reported getting some Open Croquet avatars into Ogoglio (Link)<\/a>. Rozier asks whether avatars (and I assume he means portable<\/em> avatars) should be linked into OpenID. I kinda figure this is inevitable in the same way I figure Human Resource information will eventually be tagged to avatars used inside corporate simulations; and those avatars will be passed among companies (e.g. employer to insurance company to…). At some point I suspect public and corporate avatars will merge, meaning that our avatars would become important and sensitive information containers. You know what that means: get ready to have your avatar hacked.
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\nSomewhat related to this is the slow move to augmented reality interfaces. My first real introduction was when Telxon purchased a VR equipment maker supplying the aerospace industry back in the mid-90’s. Then ARQuake<\/a> hit the scene in 2000; around the time highend video cards started migrating to the masses. Now, according to Joystiq (Link)<\/a>, it appears HP is working on their own device for merging videogames with reality. This sounds kind of like an EyeToy<\/a>, only on steroids. Check out the conceivable but sadly laughable video on HP CMETV (Link)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More importantly, with XBox Live and Xfire<\/a> and other profile aggregating services\/systems, “smart” billboards<\/a>, RFID devices and all the rest, game\/virtual realities will probably “augment” information about real people in sometimes not-so-obvious or desirable ways.<\/p>\n

They secured the most territory when keeping their heart rate at an optimal level, like 110 beats-per-minute…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Careful. That’s important personal information that someone… like an insurance company… is going to want to collect. It’s also the kind of thing that would have prevented Gattaca<\/em><\/a>‘s hero from escaping his genetic circumstances.<\/p>\n

Imagine for a moment that someone wanted to segregate people into those with three photoreceptors and those with four<\/a>. Wouldn’t be hard to identify certain groups with little more than the right “game”.<\/p>\n

Personally, I’m okay with an “Open Avatar”. I’ve never hidden my real life identity on Second Life, for example. However, I do believe some worthwhile discussion needs to happen on the subject. Hopefully soon.<\/p>\n

Related: MyCyberTwin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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