Second Life Pros

Do you know Google’s Lively?
In short, you create an avatar and chat with your friends in room that you design. A simple 3D web, if you want.
Some people think that Lively will be the end of Second Life. I don’t.
Sibley Verbeck, Electric Sheep Company’s CEO, commented that Google’s lively will not be a threat to Second Life.
Reuters is neutral about it. No comments.
Wagner James Au thinks that Lively will ultimate help Second Life gain more users.
Virtual World News has an interesting article about Lively and Second Life. And, to be noted, Rivers Run Red and Millions of Us are already …read more

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Yoowalk is a no-download virtual world which lets you browse the web, connect with friends, and design your own space in a live 3D environment.

Yoowalk is a virtual representation of the world wide web. It is composed of categorized villages of 3D websites, called walksites, that you browse with a personalized avatar. Simply walk your avatar along the streets to explore the coolest versions of your favorite websites.
Once in Yoowalk, you will not only see other avatars browsing the web, but will be able to interact with them in real-time. Feel free to follow a crowd, ask for shopping advice, …read more

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Breaking news: Playboy is coming to Second Life!
Christie Hefner is saying:
“We believe that the potential of online is much greater than the performance we’ve seen in the last several years”

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I agree, Christie: the potential revenue from virtual worlds is much bigger than what you ever saw in the past.
See Love + Sex with Robots for further details about what sex, virtual worlds and robots will become in the near future.
However, let me add that Playboy quite always worked in this “dangerous” business (the erotic business) with taste and caution.
Keep doing this. Virtual worlds are far more dangerous, for people, …read more

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I wasn’t able to attend, but Virtual Worlds 2008 in New York has been a tremendous success.
Now online there are some of the coolest presentations, and mp3s of the great keynotes.
Don’t forget the call for speakers for Virtual Worlds 2008 London, 20-21 october 2008!
If you’re interested in getting a virtual job, check the virtual worlds job listing, it’s hot right now (expecially if you love California)!

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http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/mckinsey-compan.html

McKinsey & Company, a famous management consulting firm (wikipedia), is deeply involved in virtual worlds, and Second Life.
From a news source:
An unnamed senior consultant told the Times Online that companies “absolutely”  should be “experimenting in virtual worlds” to attract customers under 30 and were “ignoring them at their peril.”
I agree: virtual worlds, and social networks, will be HUGE, and companies can’t ignore them NOW. Investing in them only when they become the most important thing in the world will be too late.
What’s your take on this?

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Dear readers,
I’d need some help: I’m looking for events and conferences about virtual worlds (and web 2.0, storage, Information Technology) in Europe in 2008, to plan my travel schedule.
Do you have any to suggest?

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You know my story, right? I will probably be hired by Amazon.com, thanks to a Luxembourg Virtual Job Fair to which I attended in last november. That was great!
Now there are plenty of virtual worlds job out there… check here for more details, maybe it’s your turn!
I see a great advantage for employers here. Less costs, and already a selection of some sort!
What’s your take on it?

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Good news: realXtend joins OpenSim.
I really hope OpenSim will eventually become an open standard for virtual worlds… and I also hope that Linden Lab will face this dilemma once and for all.

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Download this PDF and read it, it’s well worth it.
It’s a forecast for Virtual Worlds in 2008.

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Did you ever read something from Ray Kurtzweil?
I find him coherent and interesting, expecially when he talks about how the Law of Accelerating Returns will affect our life in the near future. In twenty years, we’ll experience the progress of the past fifty years, and this will translate into nanotechnological implants, quantum computers, and so on.
Virtual life will become more and more real, in the form of augmented reality and/or improved virtual worlds inside a PC screen.
(more infos in his latest book, The Singularity is Near).
What we see now, in 2008, will appear as primitive in 2028. Our fears and …read more

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