“One of Governor Warner’s operating principles is to go where the voters are,†she continues, “not make them come to you. We saw how rich an environment [SL] was. I mean, you can sit next to someone’s avatar, strike up a conversation, and forget that you’re not in the same room. We started to see that in Second Life, people can get together and talk politics with other folks without the obstacles of real life.†|link via BoingBoing|
Thats right, former governor of Virginia and presidential hopeful Mark Warner is giving a stump speech in Second Life.
God Bless the Metaverse.
Update: Full transcript available
MW: Thanks Hamlet. Fire away with the questions.
HA: How are you today?
MW: Well this is my first virtual appearance, I’m feeling a little disembodied!
Oh, dear.
is he even on the ballot in that universe?
hmmm . . . part of politics is the local concerns that affect, in a “real” world sense, the place where someone lives, in the “real” world. I wonder if this virtual interaction might yield a meaningful change in personal politics for some? I’d hate to see people forget they have a physical life and sign the farm away for something over the metarainbow.