An interesting social experiment. It turns out that avatars in Second Life follow a lot of the same social rules regarding personal space that people do in real life. A combination of standing close and eye contact is a measure of intimacy, and people can get as uncomfortable online as they do in the real world.

Submitted by jason - 2007-05-07 13:57:25
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