Comments on: Google Launches Virtual World in Competition with Second Life http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/google-launches-virtual-world-in-competition-with-second-life/ Virtual worlds and creativity, business, collaboration, and identity. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:08:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dusan http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/google-launches-virtual-world-in-competition-with-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4865 Dusan Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:53:42 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=702#comment-4865 LOL @ Eris - yay! A new UI! I know just the person. :) LOL @ Eris – yay! A new UI! I know just the person. :)

]]> By: Eris http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/google-launches-virtual-world-in-competition-with-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4853 Eris Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:17:21 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=702#comment-4853 Yup, absolutely Second Life needs to market itself - BUT it needs to have a product worth marketing and right now that's debatable. First stage, get a decent and approachable user-interface...hmm, someone should do something about that...u know, like show some initiative? :-) Yup, absolutely Second Life needs to market itself – BUT it needs to have a product worth marketing and right now that’s debatable.

First stage, get a decent and approachable user-interface…hmm, someone should do something about that…u know, like show some initiative?

:-)

]]> By: Dusan http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/google-launches-virtual-world-in-competition-with-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4845 Dusan Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:49:03 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=702#comment-4845 @ RaR - I don't think it's 2.5D. You can fully rotate around (right muse button). However, you're right, it is more 'kid-friendly' than a serious application. @ Eris - As I posted today, they're going after advertising. Monetize social spaces. So I don't see them as making a true virtual world play, rather a social networking one. In some ways, I DO hope they get a bit of traction - think of it as a virtual world orientation experience. Now, if SL would actually MARKET itself, it might be able to hook some of these 3D chatters and attract them to a REAL world. Er, real virtual world? @ RaR – I don’t think it’s 2.5D. You can fully rotate around (right muse button). However, you’re right, it is more ‘kid-friendly’ than a serious application.

@ Eris – As I posted today, they’re going after advertising. Monetize social spaces. So I don’t see them as making a true virtual world play, rather a social networking one. In some ways, I DO hope they get a bit of traction – think of it as a virtual world orientation experience. Now, if SL would actually MARKET itself, it might be able to hook some of these 3D chatters and attract them to a REAL world. Er, real virtual world?

]]> By: RightAsRain http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/google-launches-virtual-world-in-competition-with-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4841 RightAsRain Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:51:51 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=702#comment-4841 hmmm...2.5D stuff is not same at all..is more like Gaia. But actually may make it harder for SL as virtual worlds still in the domain of kids games. hmmm…2.5D stuff is not same at all..is more like Gaia. But actually may make it harder for SL as virtual worlds still in the domain of kids games.

]]> By: Eris http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/google-launches-virtual-world-in-competition-with-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4835 Eris Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:27:52 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=702#comment-4835 They're using DirectX? I won't hold my breath for a Mac version then. Sometimes I envy all these choices Windozers seem have and so I fire up XP in BootCamp and suffer the abomination that is Windoze....and then, wonder why i bothered... The Google name and bank-balance will carry this much further than it might deserve to go, but whether it'll actually ever get anywhere worthwhile is debatable. But I wish them luck - honest i do! They’re using DirectX? I won’t hold my breath for a Mac version then.

Sometimes I envy all these choices Windozers seem have and so I fire up XP in BootCamp and suffer the abomination that is Windoze….and then, wonder why i bothered…

The Google name and bank-balance will carry this much further than it might deserve to go, but whether it’ll actually ever get anywhere worthwhile is debatable. But I wish them luck – honest i do!

]]> By: Stone Semyorka http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/google-launches-virtual-world-in-competition-with-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4833 Stone Semyorka Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:59:20 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=702#comment-4833 No Mac client and implementation via DirectX show Google is desperate to get into the virtual world game just as quickly as they can. That, in turn, reveals that the future of virtual worlds is anything but dead. It's truly unfortunate they have left the creative thinkers out of the box. No Mac client and implementation via DirectX show Google is desperate to get into the virtual world game just as quickly as they can. That, in turn, reveals that the future of virtual worlds is anything but dead.

It’s truly unfortunate they have left the creative thinkers out of the box.

]]> By: Melissa Yeuxdoux http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/google-launches-virtual-world-in-competition-with-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4819 Melissa Yeuxdoux Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:07:34 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=702#comment-4819 Windows only... no Linux support, and comments in the group claim that Google chose to implement Lively with DirectX, which ties them pretty tightly to Windows. IMHO, a terminally stupid choice if it's true. Lively is of zero interest to me until I can use it. Windows only… no Linux support, and comments in the group claim that Google chose to implement Lively with DirectX, which ties them pretty tightly to Windows. IMHO, a terminally stupid choice if it’s true. Lively is of zero interest to me until I can use it.

]]> By: Dirk Singer http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/google-launches-virtual-world-in-competition-with-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4812 Dirk Singer Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:01:00 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=702#comment-4812 Hmmm....another virtual world that offers no mac support. No thanks! Hmmm….another virtual world that offers no mac support. No thanks!

]]> By: How Lively? Google’s Me-Too Virtual World - GigaOM http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/google-launches-virtual-world-in-competition-with-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4783 How Lively? Google’s Me-Too Virtual World - GigaOM Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:39:45 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=702#comment-4783 [...] image credit: Metaverse analyst Dusan Writer, who has some interesting [...] [...] image credit: Metaverse analyst Dusan Writer, who has some interesting [...]

]]> By: Brandon Catteneo http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/07/08/google-launches-virtual-world-in-competition-with-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4766 Brandon Catteneo Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:52:07 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=702#comment-4766 No user generated content? No 3D building tools? No scripts? No competition. No user generated content? No 3D building tools? No scripts? No competition.

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