Comments on: ‘Just Leap In’ Tries To Succeed Where Lively Failed

By: Just Leap In: Light Embeddable MUVE? « Electric Archaeology: Digital Media for Learning and Research

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:39:35 +0000

[...] Just Leap In: Light Embeddable MUVE? 2009 March 5 by Shawn Another day, another MUVE, this one browser based (when the larger predators can’t exploit a niche, smaller, more nimble creatures move in to fill the void). From SLENZ Canadian-based Leap In Entertainment (http://www.justleapin.com/ ) thinks it can do what Google couldn’t, and has launched (Mid-January) a brand new virtual world that might actually stand a chance, according to Jason Kincaid at TechCrunch (http://www.tech...-lively-failed/) [...]

By: The SLENZ Update - No 50, March 3, 2009 « Second Life Education in New Zealand

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:53:18 +0000

[...] Canadian-based Leap In Entertainment (http://www.justleapin.com/ ) thinks it can do what Google couldn’t, and has launched (Mid-January) a brand new virtual world that might actually stand a chance, according to Jason Kincaid at TechCrunch (http://www.tech...-lively-failed/) [...]

By: Educare

Educare — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:07:57 +0000

Thanks for the chuckle.

There are many here sitting in front of their computers chattering away about how superior they are because they have a life…as opposed to others sitting at their computers chattering away in a 3d environment. I just thought that was funny.

As an educator attempting to create a virtual student lounge, I’ve looked at a few programs out there. For what it’s worth, here’s my assessment.

Lively had possibilities but they could not get their photo and video displays to work well enough to make it worthwhile. Pervs were not a problem if you made your room private or url-link shared.

Just Leap In has some great potential. They are building the pieces incrementally and, most importantly, they are requesting and receiving intelligent feedback from their members.

3Dxplorer, which requires no download, offers its best features for a fee. They do, however, have beautiful graphics and an ability to import items from Google SketchUp.

Vivaty seems to be ahead of the game right now. Their video displays offer a play list and sound distance controls. Room admittance is manageable. Avatars can now sit, although, for now, sittable furniture is limited to heart-shaped chairs in the private rooms. And, for my purposes, functioning message boards are a plus.

I would love to know if there are any others out there that might meet my needs.

Thanks

By: The MUVE Group » Blog Archive » ‘Just Leap In’ Tries To Succeed Where Lively Failed

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:16:43 +0000

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By: Just Leap In - Ocupando el espacio dejado por Lively : Blogografia

Just Leap In - Ocupando el espacio dejado por Lively : Blogografia — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:03:28 +0000

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By: Marah Marie

Marah Marie — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:20:32 +0000

You keep calling it a game but never mention what the game is. It’s probably more accurate to call it a virtual world and just leave it at that. Also, you fail to mention if the virtual world is purely browser based or requires a software download that interacts with the website as Lively did. You also failed to mention a big reason why Lively failed: it was a playground for pervs. I experienced it for myself so I could write a review of it. Luckily the skeevs chasing me around in Lively were hilarious enough to write a fairly entertaining post around. Better luck to “Just Let Me In” or whatever it’s called.

By: Bishop

Bishop — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:43:24 +0000

Looks promising but when I tried it, it crashed within about 10 minutes. Got a 502 Error from the site.

By: CatchThis: The Company Naming and Product Naming Blog » Blog Archive » Just Leap In: Virtual World Name or Tagline?

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:00:05 +0000

[...] Another player has just entered the virtual world arena. Leap In Entertainment announced the public beta of their virtual world called Just Leap In. There aren’t that many virtual world players in the space, but their names are scattered all over the place. You’ve got: Second Life, Google’s Lively (RIP), There, Meez, Zwinky/Zwinktopia, Entropia, Vivaty, and Active Worlds. (Granted, there are others. But these seem to be the most recognizable.) [...]

By: 2D chat rooms

2D chat rooms — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:30:34 +0000

We just don’t think 3D is the most efficient interface for interacting with other people online, given that the interaction is likely to be through chat, pictures and webcams, so we built a 2D virtual world instead….

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:51:46 +0000

Interesting But that has to be pretty risky

Want to start an cheap ads campaign for 50 dollars?

Go to http://www.stocleads.com

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:34:45 +0000

Some people need to go outside… We live in a beautiful 3D world already.

By: Just Leap In - Ocupando el espacio dejado por Lively | Incubaweb

Just Leap In - Ocupando el espacio dejado por Lively | Incubaweb — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:24:10 +0000

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By: Google couldn’t do it - let’s try it « Justin Loeber || Helping you make sense of it all (technology, the internet and more)

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:17:20 +0000

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By: thoughtcube

thoughtcube — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:37:07 +0000

coldbrew: Definitely, it’s obvious there is a lot of astroturfing going on here.

You’d hope they’d do their astroturfing in a more subtle manner. Ah well.

By: Dan Taylor

Dan Taylor — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:06:19 +0000

Let’s hope that they can in fact conquer where the big G left off. Agreed that Google tried to enter a market plastered with virtual worlds for a younger demographic, but I’m still not seeing anything here that makes it stand head and shoulders above the rest. Where’s the sizzle?

By: coldbrew

coldbrew — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:47:34 +0000

And I’m just saying that most of the comments being left demonstrate far too much product knowledge and positioning to be simply casual users. You are being disingenuous.

By: Heroma

Heroma — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:24:42 +0000

uh… beta has been going since like july, 1.0 was new years eve. just saying…

By: coldbrew

coldbrew — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:00:52 +0000

Lots of people have great things to say about this here in the comments though it just launched today .

We now return you to your regularly scheduled “astroturf” session…

By: coldbrew

coldbrew — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:53:08 +0000

powerpop,
I’m not saying this will work, but you act like in 1996 *we* had millions of people around the world on high-speed broadband with dual core processors.

That is simply not the case.

By: huck

huck — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:34:25 +0000

I don’t think this is aimed at gamers. It’s more likely aimed at everyone else, who are interested in 3d stuff, but don’t really want to make a carreer of messing with it. To be able to get together with some friends and do something together- or show off your art or music or something without too much mucking about. It’s a cool app that way.

By: TS

TS — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:09:17 +0000

I’m not really into the virtual world thing either but decided to give this a whirl and I really enjoyed putting my space together, and seeing what others do with theirs.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:00:38 +0000

I think it is very cool. The quality of the 3D worlds is amazing. I work all day on a computer and agree I don’t have hours on end to spend emmersed in virtual worlds and having “fun” outside of work time. But JLI is quick to pick up an in no time you can build your own personal space and play your music (you can even upload music) check out videos and interact with others. The time I do spend in JLI seems well worth it.

By: Gaby Benkwitz

Gaby Benkwitz — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:58:43 +0000

Jamie: I’ve been closed-beta user from the beginning (summer 2008) and was enthusiastic about their approach from the start. Now that you can actually meet people and integrate your rooms – or landscapes, even islands – into any webpage and Facebook, we’ll see if the Canadians did hit the right strings. Log in and meet me in my test lounge, you’ll find me and my rooms as “consiliera”, if you want to try it out for yourself

By: 「Just Leap In」はLivelyが失敗したことの成功に挑む

「Just Leap In」はLivelyが失敗したことの成功に挑む — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:48:36 +0000

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By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:46:04 +0000

Yip. I like, so far. It’s simple.

You can find me on the site as ‘CJ’.