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摘要

I would like to be able to predict a great architectural future for the virtual world, Second Life.because it's currently a voguish thing for architects to do, you might as well join up, select your avatar's name, redesign it in whatever fantastical form you desire, and go flying. You can, of course, walk. You'll be disappointed at the pre-Tomb Raider crudeness of the landscapes and buildings - and because everything is based on simple 3D orthogonal graphics you need to be a Mies/early SOM fan to sustain the needed suspension of disbelief. Nevertheless on Second Life rival real-life political organisations have, apparently, burned down each others' HQs, avatars have cybersex with other consenting avatars. That sound real exciting. Not. And terrorist cells are, according to various horrified secret police forces, beavering away recruiting avatars who are, presumably, fed up with just flying around. AutoDesk apparently owns an island and you can attend architecture and conferences. But as with the Filofax Bubble of the '70s and the PDA Bubble of the early '00s, I suspect that real life will turn out to be more interesting. Or scarier.