Sunday, March 16, 2008

In Certain Circles, Two is a Crowd


Illustration by LAURENT CILLUFFO
Published in New York Times, 2006.



NY Times' article on personal space is very interesting. Love the illustration. It mentioned that in some virtual communities such as Second Life, they've even considered personal spaces–– this is how important this is to us:

“The fact that they show up in the virtual world shows how deeply ingrained they are,” said Nick Yee, a graduate student in the department of communication at Stanford University and a lead author of the study along with Jeremy N. Bailenson, his adviser. “We don’t think about them. They’re very unconscious.”


[side note:]
I just realize if you highlight a word on the page and double-click, the definition of the world would show up in a separate window for you. I love it--how convenient!

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