Comments on: The end of Virtual Worlds 1.0, now onto 2.0 http://justingibbs.com/2009/12/22/the-end-of-virtual-worlds-1-0-now-onto-2-0/ Bringing a little drama to social games Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:09:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: hiropendragon http://justingibbs.com/2009/12/22/the-end-of-virtual-worlds-1-0-now-onto-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 hiropendragon Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:20:39 +0000 http://justingibbs.com/?p=3220#comment-1160 The Virtual Worlds conference is a pay-for-play joke. Sibley is, however, pretty knowledgeable about the history of immersive virtual worlds. However, I'm still upset with Sibley for throwing Second Life under the bus at the Spring 2007 VW conference, claiming that SL's technology was stagnated, meanwhile everyone in the industry knew that eSheep had just overextended themselves. The Virtual Worlds conference is a pay-for-play joke. Sibley is, however, pretty knowledgeable about the history of immersive virtual worlds. However, I'm still upset with Sibley for throwing Second Life under the bus at the Spring 2007 VW conference, claiming that SL's technology was stagnated, meanwhile everyone in the industry knew that eSheep had just overextended themselves.

]]> By: justingibbs http://justingibbs.com/2009/12/22/the-end-of-virtual-worlds-1-0-now-onto-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-1159 justingibbs Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:16:37 +0000 http://justingibbs.com/?p=3220#comment-1159 And arguably Web 1.0 wasn't the first wave of the Web. Have to take a little liberty here. Sibley Verbeck did a great run down of the evolution of the industry at the 2008 Virtual Worlds conference. From MUDs to Lucasfilm's Habitat, to Second Life. I still hold that the widespread popularity of Second Life ushered in Virtual Worlds 1.0. It brought large scale media attention and investment - the same was true for Web 1.0 with AOL and Yahoo! And arguably Web 1.0 wasn't the first wave of the Web. Have to take a little liberty here. Sibley Verbeck did a great run down of the evolution of the industry at the 2008 Virtual Worlds conference. From MUDs to Lucasfilm's Habitat, to Second Life. I still hold that the widespread popularity of Second Life ushered in Virtual Worlds 1.0. It brought large scale media attention and investment – the same was true for Web 1.0 with AOL and Yahoo!

]]> By: hiropendragon http://justingibbs.com/2009/12/22/the-end-of-virtual-worlds-1-0-now-onto-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-1158 hiropendragon Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:52:09 +0000 http://justingibbs.com/?p=3220#comment-1158 Try, end of VWs version 3.0, on to 4.0, arguably 4.0 -> 5.0 if you include the MUDs of the 80s. Virtual worlds were already 2 decades old when Second Life came along. Please consider the following:<br>- Doing research. Try, end of VWs version 3.0, on to 4.0, arguably 4.0 -> 5.0 if you include the MUDs of the 80s. Virtual worlds were already 2 decades old when Second Life came along. Please consider the following:
- Doing research.

]]> By: MetaverseOne http://justingibbs.com/2009/12/22/the-end-of-virtual-worlds-1-0-now-onto-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 MetaverseOne Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:23:27 +0000 http://justingibbs.com/?p=3220#comment-1138 I agree with your thoughts on Virtual Worlds 1.0, you hit it right on the head. <br><br>As for Virtual Worlds 2.0, <br>1. HTML5, WebGL, and X3D (<a href="http://www.X3DOM.org" rel="nofollow">www.X3DOM.org</a>) are showing greater interest in adoption than O3D atm <br>2. web3D is good for entertainment, isn't all that good for communication, but is growing in adoption for real world applications in industries that are not currently in the VW space.<br><br>Nice post. I agree with your thoughts on Virtual Worlds 1.0, you hit it right on the head.

As for Virtual Worlds 2.0,
1. HTML5, WebGL, and X3D (http://www.X3DOM.org) are showing greater interest in adoption than O3D atm
2. web3D is good for entertainment, isn't all that good for communication, but is growing in adoption for real world applications in industries that are not currently in the VW space.

Nice post.

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]]> By: MetaverseOne http://justingibbs.com/2009/12/22/the-end-of-virtual-worlds-1-0-now-onto-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 MetaverseOne Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:23:27 +0000 http://justingibbs.com/?p=3220#comment-1136 I agree with your thoughts on Virtual Worlds 1.0, you hit it right on the head. <br><br>As for Virtual Worlds 2.0, <br>1. HTML5, WebGL, and X3D (<a href="http://www.X3DOM.org" rel="nofollow">www.X3DOM.org</a>) are showing greater interest in adoption than O3D atm <br>2. web3D is good for entertainment, isn't all that good for communication, but is growing in adoption for real world applications in industries that are not currently in the VW space.<br><br>Nice post. I agree with your thoughts on Virtual Worlds 1.0, you hit it right on the head.

As for Virtual Worlds 2.0,
1. HTML5, WebGL, and X3D (http://www.X3DOM.org) are showing greater interest in adoption than O3D atm
2. web3D is good for entertainment, isn't all that good for communication, but is growing in adoption for real world applications in industries that are not currently in the VW space.

Nice post.

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