Second Life
Has anyone tried Second Life? I'd be interested in talking to Knoxville residents. Fascinating concept, although there is trouble in "paradise." Jeff Bezos is an investor!
What I'm really interested in is what it would take to interest the average Knoxville citizen, or any average American to participate regularly in SL. MySpace gained critical mass, and it seemed like everyone was on there. These internet phenoms bloom like fungi, some stay, some go (anyone remember Broadcast.com?). SL is like a test tube baby at this point, it'll be interesting to see what happens the next year.
2007 will in fact be a fascinating year for tech, with new operating systems from Apple and Microsoft, new moves in social networks/news/etc. (the Web 2.0 stuff), and of course, major online coolness from game co's Nintendo, MS, and Sony. Did you know you can check the weather with a Wii?
Very fun year ahead! I'm looking forward to the next Robosapien :)
What I'm really interested in is what it would take to interest the average Knoxville citizen, or any average American to participate regularly in SL. MySpace gained critical mass, and it seemed like everyone was on there. These internet phenoms bloom like fungi, some stay, some go (anyone remember Broadcast.com?). SL is like a test tube baby at this point, it'll be interesting to see what happens the next year.
2007 will in fact be a fascinating year for tech, with new operating systems from Apple and Microsoft, new moves in social networks/news/etc. (the Web 2.0 stuff), and of course, major online coolness from game co's Nintendo, MS, and Sony. Did you know you can check the weather with a Wii?
Very fun year ahead! I'm looking forward to the next Robosapien :)
posted by Victor Agreda, Jr. at
8:58 PM
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I've looked into it a little, since you said I might be able to make some money freelancing models. I haven't looked at it much yet though. I just don't really understand the concept behind it. Is it a game or just a virtual world for you to look at?
Victor, I haven't gotten "hooked" on SL, but I have a blogging friend from Jamestown, SD, who apparently has. See this post to see his comments about his reaction to Second Life, as well as the comments others made in response to his post.
That post was written on November 8th. He has made one other on that site since, on November 10th. Although I know my friend, Tom, maintains several other websites, the fact that he went into SL almost two months ago and apparently didn't come out causes me pause. Also the fact that real money gets spent there in the guise of pseudo money (i.e., "Linden" dollars) is another warning flag.
Despite that, I do believe that such virtual communities are likely to become the meeting place where collaboration and collective action may take place increasingly as time goes on. And because I am interested in how technology will affect culture, I have a cautious interest in SL.
SL isn't really a game, it is similar to the Metaverse that Gibson wrote of many moons ago. It is a place you can build/create stuff and sell it.
And yes, it can be addictive. The Linden dollars thing is actually less annoying than Microsoft's "points" system for buying music on a Zune or games on the Xbox.
Whatever happened to plain-ol' currency?
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