I think I am becoming fascinated with the connections between RL and SL. Ok, so that statement does not make much sense as a general statement. What I have been thinking about lately are examples and implications of RL in SL. Why are some people compelled to infuse the SL experience with RL content? What are the benefits or gains from bringing RL content into SL? And does SL content have to reflect RL content, imagery, or purpose? (Thanks, Pam, for keeping this question fresh in my mind.) I have made some of my own RL to SL connections and have recently placed images from my own RL work into SL. I am excited about looking more deeply into these questions and ideas.
And we have examples of SL content in RL. The easy example to consider are conferences on SL in RL. These SL to RL examples might seem natural. But what about turning part of a RL town into SL? That is what happened in Austria. Or a video spoof of SL on YouTube.com (see above post) in which RL people move and perform as SL avis? Hmmm.
