Nigel Paravane

With Lively, Google tries its own ‘Second Life’ | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET

“Google on Tuesday plans to unveil an online 3D social arena called Lively, the Internet giant’s take on Second Life. But Google wants it to be part of your first life. Second Life requires users to download and install a separate “client” software package that taps into the online world. Lively also requires a download and installation–Windows only for now–but then people can use Internet Explorer or Firefox to enter the virtual world.”

tags: OB, NP, Google, Lively, virtual worlds

Vivaty Brings The 3D Web to Your Browser, Starting With AIM and Facebook

“Move over Second Life. The 3D Web is starting to make inroads into the plain old browser. By “plain,” I mean only Internet Explorer on Windows machines—which for now is what you need to experience Vivaty Scenes. But at least it’s a start. (Firefox support on PCs is coming in a few weeks, but Mac support is being pushed off further).”

tags: OB, NP, Vivaty, virtual worlds

Virtual Worlds Review: Virtual Worlds List By Category

“So many worlds, so little time. Not sure where to start? Here are a few recommendations”

tags: OB, NP, virtual worlds

FT.com | Tech Blog | Second Life’s maiden voyage across the metaverse

“One small teleport for avatars, one giant leap for virtual worlds is how Second Life is viewing the first crossing of its members between platforms. While not quite the equivalent of finding a parallel universe or landing on the moon, the achievement is a significant one for Linden Lab’s partnership with IBM.”

tags: NP, Second Lide, OpenSim