3D worlds as future of eCommerce
A while ago I read an interesting article at Techcrunch about the future of eCommerce - and this is, you guess it, the sphere of 3D worlds. The main message is that future application will have a strong tendency toward virtual services of all sort.
If this is the case, I may think about the role [...]
Avatars on the move
In earlier posts, I wrote about Metacrusher, a challenging project to web all these different virtual worlds together. Another huge step into the direction of virtual world open-crossings is the announcement of Second Life to open up its platform for third parties.
Second Life intentions to make its code open-source are driven by a survival strategy [...]
Many other virtual worlds available
Here is a small collection of virtual worlds. All of them apply to different audience / player types:
Active Worlds
Barbie Girls
Club Penguin
Cyworld
Dubit
Faketown
Habbo Hotel
IMVU
Kaneva
Millsberry
Mokitown
Neopets
Red Light Center
Second Life
There
Webkinz
Zwinktopia
Some others are short before release - like Sony Home or Lego Virtual World. Looking at this, a project like Metacrusher makes sense and is necessary more than ever - the [...]
Metacrusher - bridge between virtual worlds
This is a project of high interest and I read a very interesting interview at Virtual World News with one of the Metacrusher initiators.
“At the beginning, it’s the ability to port your information back and forth. How long does it take me to create an avatar in Second Life, but then I have to go [...]
Awomo - a world of games
A new virtual world will be online in the next weeks for the public: Awomo (A world of my own).
From a press release:
“GDI Ltd recently announced that it has opened the registration for the free Beta test of AWOMO (’A World Of My Own’), a revolutionary game digital delivery service embedded within a 3D “virtual [...]
Barbie Girls
This is a virtual world just for girls - all in pink, and it’s about chating, shopping and partying. I checked in as lena64.
