The Archives

• 12.06.08
  Virtual Shopping Mall with Realistic Sounds! Virtual World Platforms | (8)

  Oh dear. Just when you thought you'd finally avoided the malls, the crowds, the irritating piped-in elevator music, well now you can attend a virtual one. (What's with the SL-like hand in the background?) VirtualEShopping claims to be the "first virtual 3D shopping mall". Um...excuse me? I suppose they're making the claim because they're trying to sell real world goods, but then Canada Post amongst many others did that as well in Second Life. What strikes me about this idea is that they've stuck with the metaphor of, well, a mall. Log me in! I sense deals! Continue Reading...

  Tagged: 3-D, e-commerce, malls, Virtual worlds
  

recent posts

• 3D in a Browser: Mozilla and Open GL to Build Plug-In - Could Lead to Virtual World Access in Browser
• Second Life and OpenSim Connections: Browser-Based and iPhone Apps
• Quick Link:Short Film Contest - Wyoming Machinima Welcome
• Looking Out from Virtual Worlds: Web is a Tool Not a Subject
• Second Life Transactions Jeopardize RL Privacy (Crazy Canadians)
• Welcome to SLAMsterdam: Second Life Creates Silos of Sin, Goal is to be More Real
• Virtual Concert Gets a Critique of Sorts