Second Life, where do you want to go tomorrow?
It’s sunday, a day with few slow news on virtual worlds.
The expanded time leaves space for thinking.
Today I’m thinking, in fact, on the future of Second Life.
I’m trying to figure out where SL is going, and if that direction is the one I wish.
I think that Second Life has huge adoption barriers, that block a great mass adoption in the world; also, the framework is not easy to use, and it exposes its flanks to critics. In general, Second Life should evolve, as a service.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg.
The focal point is that Second Life, in a few years, will be part of a huge virtual “cloud”, in which different virtual worlds will exchange informations, avatars, services, objects. Virtual worlds will witness something similar to what it’s happening today for Data Centers: the emergence of “clouds”.
I can also guess that a standardization will come, sooner or later. They need it, in order to survive. Otherwise, another company will enter the market and kill Second Life.
What are your guesses? Your fears? Your suggestions?
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