plan rotation: auto-generating 3d avatars for a web application

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+# an awesome .plan
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+#### if you're looking for my previous days, check the archives.
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+---
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+if you didn't see it, esteban crushed it in his ama yesterday.  such good stuff:
+[https://www.reddit.com/r/decentraland/comments/8gum3o/i_am_esteban_founder_and_tech_lead_at/](https://www.reddit.com/r/decentraland/comments/8gum3o/i_am_esteban_founder_and_tech_lead_at/)
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+---
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+oh goodness!  i've seen previews of our first iteration of avatars and they are winning!  i say it all the time, but shibu is SO GOOD.
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+and, on that note, we're talking a lot about identity.
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+for example, i relayed the old [metaplace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaplace) story about avatar creation.
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+so, metaplace was very likely the first mmo on the web where you could click a link on some random web page, and be transported directly to a specific part of a virtual world.  that meant, you could have a website about your virtual zoo where you talked about each animal and its history.  from there, you could click a link, and be transported right to that animal's pen where you could play and interact with them.
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+it was pretty powerful.
+
+but, about the avatars -- we also had a unique problem in that when you, as a brand new metaplace user, clicked a link, expecting to see a lion den, but instead you were hijacked to a character creation screen instead, you bounced.
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+turns out, people hated that.
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+the analogy is like, clicking a link to read a web article, but being redirected to the site's registration form.
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+so, our solution was to randomly generate your avatar and just drop you into the zoo where you were expecting to land.
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+and, omg, did people HATE that.
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+"why the f*ck am i a black woman?!?!"
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+eep.
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+so, we ended up just defaulting you to a ghostly, gender-neutral avatar, let you enjoy the context of your visit, and then popped a notification that you should visit our avatar makeover shop.
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+victory.
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+---
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