Comments on: Google Prepping A Second Life Competitor?

By: Il mondo virtuale di Google: quale futuro? | Fantasilandia

Il mondo virtuale di Google: quale futuro? | Fantasilandia — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:54:01 +0000

[...] Questa notizia trapelava già da tempo fin da gennaio, ma a quanto pare, le indiscrezioni stanno prendendo corpo (notizie ufficiose, non ufficiali): Google potrebbe entrare in competizione diretta con Linden Lab. [...]

By: Plant Google eine Konkurrenzwelt zu Second Life? - The Inquirer DE

Plant Google eine Konkurrenzwelt zu Second Life? - The Inquirer DE — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:11:15 +0000

[...] Techdirt [...]

By: Backlit Keys » Blog Archive » Google Lively - Review

Backlit Keys » Blog Archive » Google Lively - Review — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:33:38 +0000

[...] the beginning of this year, some order of attention has been brought up by a few articles like this one, speculating on the possibility of a Google powered virtual world designed to possibly compete with [...]

By: Google Lively | Digital Natives

Google Lively | Digital Natives — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:52:49 +0000

[...] nell’aria, ed è arrivato: Google Lively, il mondo virtuale 3D di Google, che ha lanciato per ora solo su [...]

By: Google Street View Meets Second Life? - LaudonTech’s GIS Blog

Google Street View Meets Second Life? - LaudonTech’s GIS Blog — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:14:51 +0000

[...] http://www.tech...ife-competitor/ [...]

By: Tech Center Current » Blog Archive » Google developing a virtual world

Tech Center Current » Blog Archive » Google developing a virtual world — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:31:59 +0000

[...] It looks like Google is somehow involved in developing an online virtual world program called My World that will be available to Arizona State University students starting next month, and it’s likely to expand from there. There aren’t many details yet, but the source (Google Blogoscoped) is usually reliable. TechCrunch also has the story. [...]

By: Granger

Granger — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:36:36 +0000

Enough google love. What about Microsoft and their xBox live/msn messenger plus live spaces with their 3d earth, that would rock
or the 3d yahoo 360 virtual world http://www.dail...e-earth-ms_tech

By: Google de aniversario

Google de aniversario — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:53:53 +0000

[...] los rumores sobre su futura diversificación no cesan. Según parece, están preparando un rival para Second Life. Esperemos que pongan más esmero en su seguridad que en la de GMail o [...]

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:01:20 +0000

If the avatars look as crappy as that e-mail… I’ll stick with Second Life ;p

By: MP Flinn

MP Flinn — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:24:24 +0000

A request to Google: INTEL graphics chipsets are not supported by Second Life (you can’t use the site). And SL does not yet support Windows Vista. Can you please fix it folks? We know you’re clever.

There are a lot of people out there who can not use SL and have perfectly good PCs or laptops. (And their manufacturers better start talking to Intel about this before it starts to hit their profit margins.)

I am not alone in finding an irony in the growing presence of Intel in SL; they recently opened a site with a conference center there. No help or hope for a solution to this problem from INTEL (a few of us have been on their blog).
I guess they don’t use their own chips .

By: MP Flinn

MP Flinn — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:22:26 +0000

A request to Google: INTEL graphics chipsets are not supported by Second Life (you can’t use the site). And SL does not yet support Windows Vista. There are a lot of people out there who can not use SL and have perfectly good PCs or laptops. (And their manufacturers better start talking to Intel about this before it starts to hit their profit margins.)

By: Alvin

Alvin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:21:02 +0000

I have always been interested in virtual worlds, so I will definitely check it out when it is available. For the time being though, I will stick with http://www.citypixel.com/ for my virtual world fix. Very cool, if you haven’t visited yet.

By: KryptHax

KryptHax — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:08:40 +0000

Google, and linden labs should team up, with Google’s money and server power it would make second life much more enjoyable. Possibly get mono inserted into the game faster

By: roe

roe — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:17:42 +0000

They should buy out Rubies of Eventide. It’s way more stable than second life and uses Touchdown Entertainments’s graphics engine.

By: Catto

Catto — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:28:37 +0000

Hey Now,
I hope it doesn’t need a great video card. I can’t use second life since my video card isn’t good enough.
Thx 4 the info,
Catto

By: my-site.name - СЕО и около от Magnet » Blog Archive » mmorg социалка от Google

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:35:02 +0000

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By: Shakir Razak

Shakir Razak — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:57:15 +0000

Charlie Park seems to be on the button here (alongside me!)

Google already has the components, and the silly fan-boys have or will already do some of the hard work for them.

Google keep launching products because they want to use every opportunity to keep exclusive attention of users, without needing to leave somewhere where its adverts are playing (inc. adsense).

Google has ip-based telephone, video, currency, office, broadcast advertising et al products which are already bunched together in the real world, and would be simple to drag into the virtual/mixed/meta-world.

Google must have liked Shenmue.

Google also owns an in-game interactive advertising agency and network.

Google want to be at every opportunity for advertising and commerce, and reduce the friction between [product] knowledge to aquisition [delivery].

However, All I’m seeing is Google following the road of the experts in this: the games companies -whether that be Microsofts XB-Live (+ labs), Sony Home (already beta-available), Sega (the whole dreamcast network/shenmue) or the work of Maxis in the early 90’s for SimEarth, or even the pioneering work of VR company called Virtuality (now sbg labs).

Yours kindly,

Shakir Razak

By: phenom

phenom — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:53:56 +0000

Google can’t replace Second Life. Google sucks at almost everything except search and advertising. Most of their other products have been lying in beta stage for years now.
http://vidsonly.blogspot.com

By: www.enchilame.com

www.enchilame.com — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:31:33 +0000

Google prepara competencia para Second Life [inglés]…

Hay fuertes y serios rumoers acerca de que Google esté probando un competidor para Second Life en la Universidad del Estado de Arizona. ¿Un nuevo mundo virtual potenciado por Google?…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:36:04 +0000

anyone know a way for non-ASU students to get an invite? There has got to be a way….

By: Getting tired of Google? Me too

Getting tired of Google? Me too — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:20:43 +0000

[...] Google Prepping A Second Life Competitor? [...]

By: mapisimo

mapisimo — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:18:34 +0000

This already exists. See our website, it allows every web surfer to own two square parcels for free – first-come, first-served.
We are now working on image upload and more.
If you want more lands you can refer your friends to the game, or, er…, pay.
Full disclosure: already said it, but the poster works for the website.

By: Zuggu.com

Zuggu.com — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:07:29 +0000

I am starting to get tired of Google getting into every single area…

By: Kingsley

Kingsley — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:39:52 +0000

Saw it coming a year ago : http://kingsley...petition-google

By: rce worlds

rce worlds — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:35:09 +0000

This makes sense as that is a perfect platform for delivering localized 3D Adwords.