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Stroker Serpentine
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 {{Infobox Person 
| name        = Stroker Serpentine
| image       = Effigy_2_043.png| 180px  
| real_name = Kevin Alderman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|11|08|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Second Life]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| other_names = The Mullet, The Serpentine
| occupation  = [[Virtual Sex Entrapeneur]]
| profession  = Sex Bed Marketer}}
Stroker Serpentine, founder of Eros LLC,  is the avatar  of Kevin Alderman⏎
'''Kevin Alderman, founder of Eros LLC,  is the creator of the avatar of '''Stroker Serpentine''' in the virtual world of [[Second Life]]. <ref name="Wired07">[http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2007/03/sex_drive0330 Lynn, Regina: "Stroker Serpentine, Second Life's Porn Mogul, Speaks" Wired, March 3, 2007]</ref>

==History==
StrokerAlderman, originally a plumbing contractor in the real world, first created a presence in the adult-only [[virtual world]] of Seducity as "Str<->ker". Motivated by the sale of virtual goods between residents and the desire to retain intellectual property rights, StrokerAlderman registered a user account in Second Life in November 2003 and created his avatar.

Strokerz Toyz  still operates as an outlet for adult virtual animation devices within [[Second Life]].<ref name="successful">[http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/commentary/sexdrive/2006/08/71657 Lynn, Regina: "Second Life Gets Sexier" Wired, August 25, 2006].</ref>

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StrokerAlderman later listed his Amsterdam simulator in March 2007 on Ebay for a sum of $50,000.<ref name="amsterdam">[http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/ebusiness/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198700237 Wagner, Mitch: "Second Life Sex Business Sells On eBay For $50,000" InformationWeek, March 27, 2007] </ref> The Amsterdam sim was purchased by 3dutch.com (a division of Netherlands-based media company Boom BV). The sale made international headlines as the first publicly sold virtual(contracted; show full)
The OhMiBod interface has since been abandoned for use in Second Life due to aggressive enforcement <ref name="OhMiBodpatent">[http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080504/0006061024.shtml Masnick, Mike "Who Says Patent Lawsuits Aren't Sexy" Techdirt, May 9, 2008]</ref> of the broad [[teledildonics]] patent.

===Motion Capture===

StrokerAlderman expanded his interests in virtual world development by founding StroCap Studios in 2007 as a subsidiary of Eros LLC. By combining the resources of StroCap and Motionwerx, Alderman utilizes innovative gyroscopic inertial systems<ref name="mocap">[http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/05/second-lifes-st.html Feldman, Curt "Second Life's Stroker Serpentine Bringing MoCap to the Real World" , Virtual World News, May 9, 2008] </ref> and [[motion capture]] optical systems to (contracted; show full)
* Duanske, Benjamin:[http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/03/14/leatherwood-settlement/ Eros Reaches Settlement with Robert Leatherwood] Virtually Blind, March 14, 2008 <!--Accessed April 29, 2009-->

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