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Stephen Downes

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Donald Clark has had a lot of experience in virtual worlds and it shows with this post. The post might be better titled '20 thoughts on the metaverse' as they range from fears about an economy run by Facebook to what happened when he entered Second Life as a female avatar. The most relevant point, to my mind, is the observation that we don't need all that reality in order to make an experience work. "Desirable experiences are not all about 3D fidelity... Media rich is not mind rich. We love a good podcast precisely because it is a stripped down, single media experience. It feels intimate, like being in that conversation."

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