tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004853544242794101.post4424816054967718707..comments2023-05-28T16:52:07.570+01:00Comments on Engagement 101: When worlds collide: Second Life and virtual worldsAndrew Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10998244517862702881noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004853544242794101.post-25609393000267586042007-12-10T17:22:00.000+00:002007-12-10T17:22:00.000+00:00I was also at the CW 500 Club and found it a fasci...I was also at the CW 500 Club and found it a fascinating evening. Whilst I agreed with the majority of Speaker X's critique of Second Life, I felt he focused overly on the technical failings rather than the failings of the concept of virtual worlds. Whilst there is no doubt SL has many issues with its infrastructure, scaleability, and so on, these are all issues that can be resolved through better use of technology and do not of themsleves, imo, invalidate the business case for virtual worlds.<BR/><BR/>For a well-thought out glimpse of the future, I highly recommend the Metaverse Roadmap (http://www.metaverseroadmap.org/overview/) and the site associated with it. I completely agree with Dr.Riley in his comparison of virtual worlds to the internet in the early '90s and if the rumours about a Google presence in this space are right (http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2007/09/google-testing-.html) then I think Virtual Worlds will be garnering a lot more attention in '08.RanOhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11671817222008306211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8004853544242794101.post-68577775625225708602007-12-07T20:23:00.000+00:002007-12-07T20:23:00.000+00:00Thanks for a detailed and thoughtful writeup. Re W...Thanks for a detailed and thoughtful writeup. <BR/><BR/>Re Warcraft as the new golf, while I did talk about it, I didn't coin it. In fact, I think I mentioned that Cory Ondrejka (CTO of Linden Lab) is credited with that. Here's Joi Ito talking about it: http://joi.ito.com/archives/2006/02/10/world_of_warcraft_the_new_golf.html<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>RooRoo Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963597684783480707noreply@blogger.com