The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: Second Lifers May Soon Get a New Way to Talk

The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: Second Lifers May Soon Get a New Way to Talk: "Second Lifers May Soon Get a New Way to Talk

In the virtual-reality world Second Life, cartoonlike characters known as “avatars” communicate through instant messages. Avatars know someone is chatting with them when his or her hands pantomime tapping a computer keyboard while a message appears on the screen.

That experience, however, could become obsolete. Second Life is now testing software that allows avatars to communicate using the voices of their human operators."