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Metaverse hype fizzles out as Korean tech giants pull plug (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

You're joking, but there are lots of people in VRChat that love spending a lot of time looking at their own avatar in front of in-game mirrors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

At least 1000 people

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

A good 200 of them are pissed right now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

Man, I hate looking at myself in mirrors or even hearing myself in recordings. I just don't understand people who actually like it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Well it's not like they're looking at their actual faces, they're looking at an in-game avatar that's often highly sexualized or otherwise very pretty

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

When you’re Nanachi, you enjoy looking in the mirror.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I think it's also to do with how photogenic someone is. I'm the same as you, my photos/videos/voice always feel weird and awkward to me. The other day I came across this relatable story:

My mother is gorgeous. Stunning, even. She was homecoming queen in high school and has the smile of a true crime cliché (that is to say, it lights up a room). Blonde, razor-cut bangs frame her big, brown eyes – rimmed in her signature liquid liner, always – which literally twinkle when she laughs.

There is no photographic evidence of this.

I cannot make sense of it, but something happens to this dear, beautiful woman whenever a camera comes near. Her face contorts at the click of a shutter. A combination of the following features appears in every picture she’s ever taken: squeezed-shut lids. Crossed eye. Eyebrow askance. Elvis lip. Cowlick. I sometimes insist a particular picture isn’t as bad as she thinks; I’m lying. Her driver’s license photo? Horrendous. Her Facebook profile picture? A close-up of the family dog.

I take comfort in this whenever I come across a less-than-flattering image of myself. Photos do not reflect reality, I think. Just look at all the terrible pictures of Mom!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

On the flip side, I used to know this man who had very flat features in person. I saw a recent picture of him at the time and it was like looking at someone else. His face had contours and depth and looked quite good. I don't know if it was some sort of illusion created by my brain looking at a 2d picture but it was weird.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

Theres no other feedback of your own avatar except for viewing it, if i am trying to immerse my self i wanna make sure i dont look jacked up.

Source: me, i play.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, in VR you're really just checking how well you did your avatar. There's a sense of accomplishment in doing something that looks like you with a very limited set of tools. Haven't tried it in VR, but I know the exact feeling from The Sims series.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

I understand checking when first creating it, but I find it weird to check it after that. I don't even make my avatar in games look anything like myself. It's not that I'm bad looking or anything, I just don't like looking at myself, and that includes pictures, videos, etc.