Google Launches Virtual World in Competition with Second Life
The rumours are true: Google's plan to make a play in virtual worlds was unveiled today with the launch of Lively, their competing platform to Second Life and in particular, during its beta phase at least, other virtual social spaces. Google's platform will run in a browser, differentiating it from client-centric worlds like Second Life and can be embedded in a Web site.
According to CNET, however, Google says that their virtual world is not intended a separate destination but rather something that integrates with "real life":
"It's integrated with the Internet. It's not an alternate destination," said Niniane Wang, Google's engineering manager for the project. "Our intention is to add to your existing life."
It sure ain't no world
Thanks Robert, nice to be here.
Islands are cheap over on Lively - no tier and no prim limit, although the cap on avatars is about 20. Mind you - you can still go INTO a space, just not have your avatar appear, which would be a nice way to handle the capacity crowds at a Metanomics event!
Also - will post shortly but I did a more detailed round-up this morning.
http://dusanwriter.com/?p=713
Welcome, Dusan!
Dusan, great to have you writing on Metanomics. Google's offering seems to lie somewhere between Second Life and RocketOn (which follows you across the web). Lively imbeds into the web, but at least so far, doesn't seem to actually integrate with it.
But I hope to learn more...step 1 will be to set up a Metanomics room in Lively. See you there!
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