07.22.08
Virtually Scary
So, since the announcement of my future nuptials, my bride to be has been scouring the internets looking for banquet halls, church info, honeymoon ideas, other wedding mishaps, dresses, reception favors, shoes, cognitive therapists and a good eye doctor for correcting the nearsightedness brought on by all the searching…
Since she spends a fair amount of time at my apartment, getting fed good meals and taking me to the beach - she naturally spends a goodish amount of time looking up stuff online as I bustle around, paint or cook. I was interrupted one of these times by a loud raucous cackle, one that was part hysterics and the other part sheer horror. Rushing to see what was amiss, she pointed to the screen, hand on mouth - barely able to speak…
On the screen was a ‘virtual wedding party’. It seems she found a site that would allow you to create a 3D wedding scene, modifying the way people looked, skin tones, outfits and whatnot. The user was limited to a handful of choices and the template had a look of early 1992 ‘virtual reality’ - the people looking less realistic than Ken & Barbie dolls, the setting looking like it was designed by Mattel.
What I cannot wait for it a photo of my entire wedding party - as a basis of comparison.
