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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;-webkit-line-break: after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Samantha, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Wow! I'd like to interview a few extreme SL denizens who have experienced this? Any tips on how to reach them?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>- Amara<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>AA: </span><span style='color:black'>On a related note, is there any evidence that long-time users of Second Life experience such dissociation? And is it possible or likely that as simulation technology improves and becomes widely available, mass dissociation or psychosis might occur? The effect would be increased by using high-res VR with full immersion and at least 180 degrees to avoid peripheral vision artifacts (humans have about 200 degrees vision) and ultra-high-resolution such as<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.sensics.com/products/AugmentedReality.php"><span style='color:black'>http://www.sensics.com/products/AugmentedReality.php</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(<span class=apple-style-span>4200x2400</span><span class=apple-converted-space> pixels)</span>. Also see<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://cb.nowan.net/blog/state-of-vr/state-of-vr-displays/"><span style='color:black'>http://cb.nowan.net/blog/state-of-vr/state-of-vr-displays/</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>SA: </span>This is a pretty well known phenomenon in SL. Some describe it as what make a true digital person - the experiencing of avatar as self and even physical self as alternate embodiment of avatar. I used to get strange effects like the physical world looking more unreal to me than the virtual world. But that seems to have been a temporary adjustment period when I was spending much more time in SL. Many report distinct person phenomenon of two persons, one virtual, sharing the same brain. Personality creation, living within the creation, is something all humans do growing up (or more ofter in some cases). It is not surprising that we sometimes spawn off new "selves" in virtual worlds as they improve. It is experienced as much more than 'mere' make-believe. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>