zaterdag, juli 19, 2008
Lively: between chat room and Second Life
Google has released Lively.com upon the world. It is a web-based 3D chat environment. As always with Google services: it is simple. It has not the feature set or worlds of Second Life, just a collection of rooms and a limited variety in avatars and clothing. I guess the rest will come or be available for purchase. Every room has some music playing, which is nice.That's me on the pic as my lively avatar. You need to have a Google account (such as for your gmail), and you need to install a software. After that, you can login and visit all rooms via Internet Explorer or Firefox. I don't know what this is realy, I guess a virtual chat room, nothing more.
And what did you guess? After a few weeks of availability, the platforms is used most for... right, things that are not conform the rules of the site. The number one room on the 'all rooms' page is called 'Sex Club'. Rest my case. People will be people I guess, virtual or not.
Labels: 3D internet, lively
zondag, mei 25, 2008
If you need a 3D box...
Just came across a free site where you can generate an image of a 3D box. It is called 3d-pack.com and very easy to use: just upload the picture for the front, top and side, and you're done.Labels: 3D internet, 3d-pack.com
maandag, juni 11, 2007
There will be a 3D internet
My company believes that one of the 5 innovations with the most impact for the next 5 years will be the emergence of a 3D Internet.
I've posted enough on Second Life, and Second Life and education. Today I just want to mention 2 other 3D Internet places:
- Club Penguin : this is a 3D environment created for kids. That is not a bad idea if you realise Second Life is a lot about sex & money, as are many Internet places or even real life.
- Active Worlds : there are actually two similar environments just to add to the confusion: there is http://www.active-worlds.com/ and http://www.activeworlds.com. Both are different from the omnipresent Second Life in that they don't offer one virtual world with many islands, but actually a set of worlds you can choose from. The one with the dash (active-world.com) is available in a few languages and looks like a 3D chat. The one without the dash (activeworld.com) is English only and has an interesting section for eduction. For example University of Colorado's Virtual Computer.
I've posted enough on Second Life, and Second Life and education. Today I just want to mention 2 other 3D Internet places:
- Club Penguin : this is a 3D environment created for kids. That is not a bad idea if you realise Second Life is a lot about sex & money, as are many Internet places or even real life.
- Active Worlds : there are actually two similar environments just to add to the confusion: there is http://www.active-worlds.com/ and http://www.activeworlds.com. Both are different from the omnipresent Second Life in that they don't offer one virtual world with many islands, but actually a set of worlds you can choose from. The one with the dash (active-world.com) is available in a few languages and looks like a 3D chat. The one without the dash (activeworld.com) is English only and has an interesting section for eduction. For example University of Colorado's Virtual Computer.
Labels: 3D internet, avatars, Second Life
