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virtual reality universes
Slarti:
it's on online virtual world where you create a character and do stuff. like a huge 3d chatroom but you can create your own content with 3d modelling and C/Java style scripting. you can buy/sell land, etc. you can covert real money to/from in game currency, there are people with businesses in game that end up turning real life profits.
people make all sorts of things from mini arcade style games to strip clubs to nascar style racing simulations in the game.
it's been getting more press lately, lots of people are starting to take it seriously. intel occasionally gives press releases inside of second life, i heard the swedish government opened up an office there, etc.
you can play it for free or pay $10 which nets you the privelage of owning property and gives you a weekly allowance of ingame cash.
lots of people think it'll be the new wave of the future or something, a world where people can come together and chat or do whatever. think there's any potential for some erisian evangelism or whatever you want to call it?
LHX:
is there more immediate feedback for people than what they get in forums?
do strangers interact with one another on this thing?
is it like chatrooms?
Slarti:
yeah it's real time chat. you walk around in a 3d world so you could be sitting in a cafe type building in the game talking to the other people there, for example. You can just go wherever you want in the world and talk to whoever you find. There are tons of major cities and then also more remote areas and such.
Benaclypse:
--- Quote from: LHX on February 04, 2007, 03:23:24 am ---is there more immediate feedback for people than what they get in forums?
do strangers interact with one another on this thing?
is it like chatrooms?
--- End quote ---
Yep.  It\'s interactive.  Sometimes there'\s interactive talking too through the micrphone.  You'\re probly best seeing for yourself than seeing it explained, if your compunicator is fancy enough.  It is 100x better than the 2d internet.
Slarti:
yeah i think i'll download it and mess around with the free account thing they're offering now and see if it's worth investing time or effort into.
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