Adventures in the Metaverse
JewleRae Here’s a few shots I took during today’s ARVEL SIG session with Dr. Tom Boellstorff, Professor of Anthropology at UC, Irvine:
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Researchers who have not yet read Dr. Boellstorff’s book might want to order it from Amazon.Com ~ Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human [Paperback]
This HUD by Outy Banjo cost me $500L. What I really like is its ability to search through over 300 phrases to animate your face based on what you say. If you spend a little time tweaking it, you can match expressions according to your speaking style. Outy Banjo outlines how to use the HUD in his product description which you can read when you visit the product page of Outy banjo’s  Second Life Marketplace store #2905  – Auto Emote – Automatic Facial Animation HUD.
Getting facial expressions to match the emotions you are trying to convey are a bit a of a challenge in Second Life. Â I have purchased several emoter HUDs so far and rarely wear any of them. One of the HUDs I purchased to help me with this issue was the Multi Face Emoter HUD Pro by Thrilla Wilber. I primarily bought it because it was marketed as a “must for every model, actor & dancer”. I’ve purchased more than one item from Thrilla so I knew I wouldn’t be disappointed. With this HUD I can mix multiple emotions to run simultaneously and set them to loop at a variety of intervals.
You can pick this HUD up in Thrilla Wilber’s Xportal Marketplace Store #7144