Recently, when Linden Lab set up a new batch of starter-avatars for new Second Life users, some observers aligned with my own complaint that – as avatars go – they weren’t exactly going to win any prizes for diversity, either ethnically or imaginatively. They were certainly nice enough on their own, but a little samey as a group.

When I interviewed Rod Humble, Linden Lab’s CEO, recently he said that more new starter avatars were on the way… and by golly, they have arrived!

A few are pictured above.. click for a larger version. The starter set now includes animal and anthropomorphic-animals, female human (including one that passes reasonably for an elf) avatars, male human outfits avatars, assorted robots, and ‘vehitars’ (avatars that look and act like cartoon cars). There are twelve of each.

For the arithmetically impaired, that’s 60 starter avatars altogether, covering quite an imaginative range, and some of which are quite a treat. You can find these avatars in the Library folder of your Inventory and then looking under Clothing > Initial Outfits.

Obviously, most new users will move on from their starter look after a while, if they stick around, but there seems to be a little something there for nearly everyone (though perhaps still a tad short on ethnic diversity among the humans).

Well done, Linden Lab.

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Tags: Appearance, Avatars, Linden Lab / Linden Research Inc, Opinion, Rod Humble / Rodvik Linden, Second Life, Vehitars, Virtual Environments and Virtual Worlds