Comments on: Avatar Personal Space http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/06/avatar-personal-space/ The PlayStation Home Magazine Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.2 By: Dr_Do-Little http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/06/avatar-personal-space/#comment-149391 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:52:06 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=28556#comment-149391 Personal space is very important for me in the physical world. So it’s the same on Home. Thats among the first “unwritten rules” I will teach newcomer. To those who say it’s only pixels and electron I reply that it’s a simple question of respect. Just becaus you can do moething on Home you can’t in the physical world, does’nt mean you have too. As you mention there is exeption, where avatar collision are almost unavoidable. Once again grat article Gonzo. Something that really concern me.

]]> By: KrazyFace http://www.hsmagazine.net/2012/06/avatar-personal-space/#comment-148636 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:23:19 +0000 http://www.hsmagazine.net/?p=28556#comment-148636 Bang on Bonzo! It’s an oddity that we feel the need for personal space in Home, and I have wondered about it quite often. I USED to get shirty with people who got in my virtua-face but after a year of seeing trolls and their tricks, I’ve learned to tolerate it if and when it happens. Oddly though, I still don’t like it. I had to laugh when you mentioned your friend “needing” to sit down in a virtual environment, but to me that really says it all; in Home we have such a strong recognition of our projected selves that once we’ve been saturated in its environment for long enough, I think some of us almost feel like we’re there. Which explains why people sometimes object so vehemently to having someone’s face in their crotch! And maybe why I always stand in the casual position (weirdly it’s exactly how I carry myself when stood still), or feel the need to sit my avi down whenever I see a chair (again, a reflection of my own personal habits).

Really good read Bonzo, again! Keep it up mate.

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