Comments on: Do You Need a Second Life?

By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Weekend Coffee Break «

Web Worker Daily » Archive Weekend Coffee Break « — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:07:06 +0000

[...] constituencies, if only they can find the right 3D environments to meet in. We’ve covered Second Life as a web worker tool in the past, but even if that’s not the place for you, could some sort of 3D web lie in your [...]

By: em

em — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:53:18 +0000

Well, Mike, you have intrigued me — I will have to check out this New World!

As I am not a teeny-bopper or well-versed in playing video-games, it will be interesting to see if I can navigate thru this 3D world, but I like the concept of the Third Place.

I think America has largely lost the Third Place — except for those who choose Church Meeting Halls or Coffee Shops to socialize with strangers or acquaintances. Urban Planners need to re-adopt this aspect of everyday life and get it back into the real-world.

I am intrigued by your comments and Phillipe’s, so I will check it out to see if I can make it work for my business.

Thanks for the tip!
Em

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By: Philippe Borremans

Philippe Borremans — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:23:14 +0000

Virtual worlds and/or 3D internet is most probably the next form the internet will take. That’s because it is visual and social at the same time. I work for IBM and we’re already using virtual worlds to teach, collaborate and meet on a regular basis. We help companies to do virtual commerce in world and are also doing parts of our own research in world… I do not see why other companies should wait 15 years to do the same…

By: chriskelley.org » Blog Archive » More interesting reaction to UGS in SL

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:54:36 +0000

[...] Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Do You Need a Second Life? « Coca-Cola, UGS, and Reuters, it’s been the subject of much press coverage in the last few years. [...]

By: nomadicalloy

nomadicalloy — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:56:07 +0000

I used to goto SL I wish FL was that easy.

By: Nerd Guru

Nerd Guru — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:15:39 +0000

Agree with pretty much everything, Mike.

When I walk around Second Life, it reminds me a lot of what the web looked like in 1995 when all you could find was porn, sports scores, and nerd subculture. I’ll never forget showing an early David Letterman fan page to my wife and her reaction was, “Why would anybody ever want to use THAT?” Now she finds online shopping indispensable.

That’s not to say that Second Life is definitely the next thing, but it sure could be. It offers a degree of freedom that you just can’t get in a 2D world.

The thing I wonder, though, is the complexity of the UI. My grandmother can point and click. The concept of a mouse pointer and a button is easy to understand for everyone from my 5-year old daughter to my 85-year old grandmother. No way either one can navigate a 3D environment using a variety of keyboard combinations. Maybe to someone who’s in their teens now and has always had 3D environments to move through it’s different and maybe it’ll take that generation to grow up in order for this sort of thing to get traction. The possibilities are interesting, but the leap in navigation may be limiting.