Virtuelle Welten – Der Drang, sich in virtuellen Welten mit Anderen zu treffen und mit diesen zu kommunizieren, scheint nach wie vor ungebrochen. So verzeichnet die Onlinewelt Habbo inzwischen über 100.000.000 erstellte Avatare. Ein Avatar ist ei…

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Of course our machines are faster now but because of software overhead we’re barely past the level of multiplayer immersion we had back in the 80s and early 90s on dialup, with Galacticom for example. Not a lot of progress in the last 20 years if you ask me, which is why I think Second Life is 20 years ahead of its time.

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In response to some of your posts:

While the various forms of media and web 2.0 goodness are projected into the world, you can also watch/view them in normal web-like 2D mode.

As a virtual world, we are trying to emphasize social interplay while being entertained by the multitude of media available on the net today. A good example is the YouTube TV. It synchronizes what everyone is watching, allows viewers to dynamically add their own favorites to the active playlist, pass the remote around, and vote videos on or off. In the same way you can show your Flickr photo album to others while chatting about them. Everything in SmallWorlds is designed around this premise of social interaction and shared entertainment experiences.

We have also put a lot of emphasis on accessibility – no download/install, access from within corporate environments, easy to use and navigate around, works on most computers, available from anywhere. We are pushing rich virtual worlds into the reach of more web users.

SmallWorlds has been built as a extensible platform from the ground up, and in the next evolution this will become more apparent as we open it up to third party developers. Roll your own virtual world anyone?

Our architecture is essentially client agnostic, which we plan to start taking advantage of later this year with some 0D/2D mobile offerings. A full 3D client is also planned.

Anyway, take a look if you get a chance. I think you will be pleasantly surprised by what you can do when you push Flash to the limit.