Tii Mii avatar down, sport

Once upon a time it was simple...you got onto a websystem, set up you profile or avatar or whatever, and there it stays until you come back. No more..the Wii system's Mii's (aka avatars) can roam around the network and appear in other people's games

"To put it simply, Mii Parade is a system that uses the network to allow Mii characters created by many people to mix and mingle," said Mr. Nogami. "You can line up Mii characters in the 'Mii Plaza', but at the start the only Mii characters you will find are those you have created yourself. Over time, however, using the WiiConnect24 system, other users' Mii characters can come and visit. In the same way, your Mii can make an appearance on someone else's Wii, although this won't happen unless the user has authorized it. The user can choose whether or not to allow their Mii to come and go on the network, so the only Mii characters that will appear on someone else's Wii are those where the user has permitted it."

It's possible for Mii Channel characters to interact with other characters from around the globe. "Your Mii can pop up anywhere," said Nogami, adding, "I should point out, though, that your Mii will never go missing from your own Wii."

Maybe now that Second Life is going open source, I'll find my Avatar has gone off to World of Warcraft for its holidays?

At the moment you can't spectate through their eyes, but no doubt that will come too. Coupled with Google's PC snooping on the sound coming out of your TV 24 x 7, it won 't be big brother watching you, it'll be anyone's brother or sister watching you.

(I saw Lynette Webb's post on FutureLabs and then went to the original source)