Michael Buckbee, proprietor of a "Fabjectory" (Bruce Sterling's neologism "fabject" + "factory" = Fabjectory) has created a Second Life version of the print-and-fold minicomic of Printcrime, created by talented comics artist Martin Cendreda (the story appears in my collection Overclocked. He sez, "We use rapid prototyping machines to create real life objects from the avatars and sculptures that people make in SecondLife and I've been vainly trying to explain to people that this isn't so much about creating expensive immobile dolls for people as it is breaking ground for a new way to interact with the world, something Print Crime does so well."
Second Life edition of Printcrime minicomic
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