![]() Thus, it gives you nothing direct to confront "teh pervo" with, or to base an AR on (outside of some seriously flimsy circumstantial evidence), just a vague sense of outrage that "ZOMG someone's DOING SOMETHING to me!!!" (even tho they aren't really, when you think about it).Īnn's absolutely right: the only privacy in SL is via obscurity. ![]() I disagree strongly that the feature is an "unalloyed good," since it doesn't *label* the little crosshairs, so you can't actually tell *which* of your sleazoid neighbors is piggybacking their jollies onto your own little private porn scenario. But is it a good idea to make your perception a point of public record without your consent? There, I'm not so sure.Įh, just seems like another bit of Linden Lab's patented HDLU (High-Drama, Low-Usefulness) Technology™. ![]() There's all sorts of ethical benefits to see things that would otherwise require moving your avatar. Your avatar can be faced in one direction, while actually staring at something fifty behind you, for instance. In the real world, you're generally able to tell where a person is looking by the direction their head is turned, and the position of their eyes. Of course, there's another use that's probably more controversial: with this feature, you're now able to tell where anyone is looking, whether they're violating your privacy or not, whether you've asked their permission or not. That's one advantage that most people will agree is an unalloyed good. With Show Look At enabled, you at least now know who's obtrusively peering in your personal space, and take precautions. Nerd offers up her guide for people who've complained about unwanted voyeurs using the SL camera controls to spy into private homes. (When the person has selected an object to look at, for example, the crosshair turns pink.) It's displayed as a colored 3D crosshair, as above, and changes its hue according to the avatar's actions. ![]() Sarah Nerd of Your2ndPlace has a useful if disturbing tutorial for a little-known feature in the Advanced tab of the Second Life viewer: Show Look At, which reveals where nearby avatars are looking. ![]()
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