Time Travel by Ram Reanimator

SLURL I’d like to keep in second life.

I haven’t really found the unique place which I liked the most, but there are few places that I like to visit. My avatar is a cyborg and I have a fascination with sci-fi, superheroes and all things fantastical. So, one place that come in mind is a sci-fi city by the name of Insilico. Its a floating city thousands of meters above post-apocalyptic earth. It is based in 24^th century and the graphics are pretty futuristic. There are futuristic dance floors, all sorts of weird looking vehicles and models. There is even a role play game involved where you can be citizens of insilico and play your part in the story. There is so much more to explore and I would like to experience the distant futuristic setting created in Insilico. I think it gives us a chance to see what would become of our planet if we keep on harming the nature the way we are doing now.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/INSILICO/174/185/3602

Island I’d like to create on second life.

If I get a chance to create an island on second life, I would create a fusion of past and future. A city that has elements of mythological stories in a futuristic setting. This city would have role play involving humans, cyborgs and aliens. People will get a chance to become whatever they like and then they’ll have to work towards their progress to achieve the ability to create and build stuff in the city. The architecture of the buildings would be a unique fusion of different architectural styles from past, present and future. There will be a lot of free stuff to lure people to play and live in this city. I am a big fan of comic superheroes. So this city will have its own superheroes and supervillains. In conclusion, I would like to create a virtual world where people can become whatever they want and take a break from their uninteresting first lives.

TIme Travel Video

Avatar Images, Storyboard and Poster

My experience in second life

My original word was ‘Metaphysics’. I changed it to ‘Models’ later on as I learnt new things about second life. Initially I was a bit skeptical about the potential of second life for the kind of stuff we were asked to do in the class. There was so much that I did not know. Just like a newborn in real life I was learning my way in second life. I was stuck in the welcome area for sometime after I was ‘born’ in second life because I did not know how to teleport to new places. I did not delve much into the second realm until we were showed how to find places and teleport to new locations. It was only then that I truly realized the potential of second life as a new world with endless possibilities.

I was introduced to the Texas A & M second life campus. It was interesting to see the campus as a 3d virtual world. Sitting in a class in real life can get boring,but in second life, its exactly the other way round. We roamed around the campus and experienced new things unlike in a real life classroom. I made new friends on second life. I found this awesome place where you could get all the freebies you want. I tried on many free avatars I got from there. I liked the batman avatar and kept my appearance the same for a couple of days but I soon got bored and tried a new cyborg avatar. Its so convenient in second life to change who you are. Real life does not give you that option. I discovered new environments. Some of them had futuristic settings while some were straight recreations of the past.As I moved through time and space, I saw simple as well as complex 3d models enriching the environments. I discovered a car museum, an ancient Greek city, a futuristic island and so much more.

It is fascinating to travel in second life. The physical boundaries of time and space do not apply here. You can be someone you are not or someone you want to be. You can have things that you cannot possibly have in real life and with the advent of technology it is going get even better.

Initial blog

Metaphyscis

Punit Deotale

Metaphysics is defined as study of things that cannot be easily sensed or perceived by human beings. It tries to answer the questions that are beyond human perception. e.g study of human mind or the meaning of existence or time and space.

I have always been fascinated or even disturbed by the questions like why do we exist?, who are we?, what purpose do we serve in this universe?, what is universe?, why does it exist?, what’s beyond the boundaries of universe if at all it has boundaries?, what was before the birth of the universe?, how would you visualize zero? I don’t know if I can ever find answers to these questions,but it will certainly change my perspective if I were to be to become someone else, some one that I am not or someone that I would like to become.

I want to be there till the end, till the end of the world, the universe, to see everything, to see how the universe will meet its end and dissolve into zero. I want to be there at the brink of nothingness. I cannot achieve that in my present form with my mortal body. I would like to be a cyborg, a machine that will let me live forever but still retain the humanity in me. I cannot fulfill these dreams in the real world. The answer is second life- a virtual universe, where you can be anybody you want, you can travel to any place without any boundaries of time and space. Second life or for that matter, any virtual world provides a different perspective on metaphysical theories and I would like to explore those.

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~ by punitd on 2009/09/28.