Guardian Not So Guarded on Promise of Virtual Worlds
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Victor Keegan's recently summed up virtual worlds over at The Guardian, which these days makes it a consistent source of positive vibes about the metaverse. But this stuff is important - it's starting to feel like the press is turning the corner from the "virtual worlds falling" meme of a year ago, the occasional sordid sad sex scandal notwithstanding. Whether the failure of Google's Lively will give the good press cold feet remains to be seen, but I suspect it will get chalked up as another example of Google's apparent lack of focus rather than a harbinger of the future ...