another place for you to wear spandex and elf ears
Google has just launched Lively, which looks to have some massive potential. Lively is a 3D application that allows users to create avatars, place them into virtual environments, and communicate with others in that environment. Yes - just like SecondLife.
But this is a Google product. And there are a few things that look enticing in comparison to Second Life or MMORPG's. With Lively, "rooms" have real-world urls - that can be embedded into web pages, blogs, etc. You can pull in photographs and YouTube videos. And you'll eventually be able to port in friends from other social media tools.
Adverlab and Mashable have excellent rundowns of what's possible, along with screen shots.
For now, Lively is a PC only application. :( But a Mac version is promised soon.
Labels: 3d, gaming, google, mmorpg, secondlife, social media, trends
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:28 AM
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
world of warcraft: so yesterday
World of Warcraft, the world's most popular MMORPG is about to lose its number one status to Habbo.
Habbo boasts 9.5 million active monthly users, compared to World of Warcraft’s most recently reported 10 million subscribers. Habbo says they'll pass WOW in the next 30 days. That's a lot of kids that won't see their backyards this summer.
We're not players in Habbo yet, but love the fact that they have a tiki area. We don't ask for much. Just tiki mugs and torches.
Labels: gaming, mmorpg, trends, youthmarketing
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:25 AM
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