I wanted to follow up on the Second Life discussion that arose while we were brainstorming the various digital communication tools. I had a vague memory of an article from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that chronicled a woman who had accused her husband of cheating...with an avatar from Second Life. The original WSJ article, provocatively titled "Is This Man Cheating on His Wife?" outlined the growing conundrum such virtual realities pose, as they specifically raise new questions about what it means to be faithful in this digital day. As a further update to this story, good old Hollywood seemed to waste no time in seizing on this fodder and as reported in a 2008 W.I.R.E.D article, Universal Pictures has apparently teamed up with a famous director to make the content of the original WSJ article a "reality."
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