The Virtual World Postcard Project: The trouble with text chat

To illustrate the limitations of text-based chat among more than two people, I offer a transcript from a bar in Second Life, where about a dozen denizens had congregated: [08:03] Brandon Laurent: Hi Emmie 🙂 [08:03] Emmie Fairymeadow: hey Ro [08:03] Casey Brouwer: hi Roisin [08:03] Roisin Ballyhoo: Hi Emmie [08:03] Roisin Ballyhoo: Hey casey […]