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Trademarking Your Avatar

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Apollo Manga

Can you trademark your Second Life avatar? Yes, you can. The legal website law.com reports that entrepreneurs in Second Life have been applying for trademark protection for their avatars and that the US Trademark Office has now issued trademark #3531683 … Continue reading →

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Lose weight by slimming your avatar?

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Apollo Manga

Does your avatar‘s appearance influence your real life appearance? The August 2009 issue of Journal of Virtual Worlds Research contains an article titled, Does this Avatar Make Me Look Fat? that suggests it might. Using a technique called "In-Avatar Interviewing," … Continue reading →

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Japanese avatar fashion (video)

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Apollo Manga

In the early days of Second Life, a common criticism was that its avatars were ugly. This Japanese machinima demonstrates that it’s not true today, and shows some of the possibilities for designing your Second Life avatar, both male and … Continue reading →

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