De la Vlad am aflat ca mult asteptata lume virtuala de la google a fost lansata. Se cheama lively.com si este o aplicatie care necesita download si apoi ruleaza direct in browser… hm. Am intrat destul de repede, folosind contul de email si alegandu-mi un nume de avatar, si am facut filmuletul de mai jos (spre sfarsit primesc si un pumn in fata!) Ce pareri am dupa primele 5 minute: - este foarte accesibila userului comun si capitalizeaza pe numarul mare de conturi gmail, potentiali useri ai spatiului virtual. - interfata este foarte simplista, pentru mine ca heavy user de Second Life este chiar limitata, dar pot sa inteleg potentialul pe care il are ca platforma de masa. Daca are succes, lively poate deveni training-ground-ul utilizatorilor care vor face mai tarziu tranzitia catre platforme ceva mai complexe. Vad foarte posibila migrarea userilor dinspre Lively spre Second Life, dar invers… greu de crezut. - are avantajul ca iti poti crea gratuit propriul spatiu virtual (in second life trebuie sa platesti pentru a detine terenul) iar camera virtuala poate fi embeded pe blogul propriu. Asta poate fi un plus fata de Second Life numai daca vizitatorii blogului pot vedea in real-time ce se intampla in camera virtuala (asta-i urmatorul pas pe care il voi incerca). - se bazeaza pe cateva din cele mai populare activitati din lumile virtuale: socializarea (chat-ul 3D), customizarea avatarului (de la diferite stiluri si nuante de par pina la haine ce pot fi cumparate din catalogul de produse virtuale – deocamdata toate cele disponibile sunt gratuite) si personalizarea propriei camere virtuale (mobiler si gadgeturi). 
Inca nu am inteles daca userii pot crea si vinde obiecte virtuale. - este practic o replica foarte simplificata a Second Life, comenzile nu sunt foarte intuitive dar sunt relativ usor de stapanit. Se adreseaza unui target larg si cred ca vine mai putin in concurenta platformelor gen Second Life si mai degraba a site-urilor de socializare de tip Myspace, Facebook etc. Per total, ii dau sanse destul de mari… UPDATE Si iata si declaratia lui Mel Guymon, Head of 3D Operations la Google (cu experienta ca developer la There.com si co-fondator al IMVU): Google has three advantages. One is just Google's reach, Guymon told Virtual Worlds News. Google making a play validates the space like no one else. We're basically saying this is a real space and everyone is doing this. Two, while the engineering is a small group of really talented folks, we made a huge investment of this. We're going to launch with 8 completely different avatars. We've got 2 or 3 times that that we're going to launch over time. The investment and polish to make that content, I just haven't seen elsewhere. I'm very pleased they allowed us to do that. Third, the implementation of it takes the best of the space, rich avatars and a large catalog of virtual goods, which by the way is free, and have it be a part of your existing social network, which is the big wave right now. That's really the silver bullet.
Inca nu am inteles daca userii pot crea si vinde obiecte virtuale. - este practic o replica foarte simplificata a Second Life, comenzile nu sunt foarte intuitive dar sunt relativ usor de stapanit. Se adreseaza unui target larg si cred ca vine mai putin in concurenta platformelor gen Second Life si mai degraba a site-urilor de socializare de tip Myspace, Facebook etc. Per total, ii dau sanse destul de mari… UPDATE Si iata si declaratia lui Mel Guymon, Head of 3D Operations la Google (cu experienta ca developer la There.com si co-fondator al IMVU): Google has three advantages. One is just Google's reach, Guymon told Virtual Worlds News. Google making a play validates the space like no one else. We're basically saying this is a real space and everyone is doing this. Two, while the engineering is a small group of really talented folks, we made a huge investment of this. We're going to launch with 8 completely different avatars. We've got 2 or 3 times that that we're going to launch over time. The investment and polish to make that content, I just haven't seen elsewhere. I'm very pleased they allowed us to do that. Third, the implementation of it takes the best of the space, rich avatars and a large catalog of virtual goods, which by the way is free, and have it be a part of your existing social network, which is the big wave right now. That's really the silver bullet.