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Will Google Buzz support social games?

by justingibbs on February 12, 2010

FarmVille

I’m catching a lot of flack for being a believer in Google Buzz. Interestingly enough most of the flack is coming in through Google Buzz itself. One theme I keep hearing is “Where’s the social games?” The launch of Google Buzz brings up an interesting debate – are social games are the killer app of social [...]

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Google Buzz will nullify Facebook

by justingibbs on February 9, 2010

Google Buzz

The echo chamber is abuzz with, we’ll Google Buzz. While some are negative:
But like many Google services, it lacks any imagination or compelling reasons to use it. (Starting with the name, a rip-off from Yahoo.) As a result, it’s probably not a threat to any of the services it’s trying to disrupt.
I’m a little more [...]

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The end of Virtual Worlds 1.0, now onto 2.0

by justingibbs on December 22, 2009

Metaplace

Another Virtual World 1.0 is shutting down. This time Raph Koster’s Metaplace.com. This after vSide shut down earlier in the year and Google Lively last year. Playing off of Web2.0 I would group these and current worlds under virtual worlds 1.0. They’re similar to Infoseek, Excite, AOL, and Yahoo! – Web 1.0.
A few things defined Virtual [...]

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Infinite Journey

Virtual worlds seem to be waning. They rarely pop up in the news or in discussion. The last Engage! Expo! only a few hundred people in attendance and most of them were speakers. It’s the end of Virtual Worlds 1.0, Second Life won by default. That of course lets us dream of what’s to come with [...]

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3D isn’t good for communication

by justingibbs on November 12, 2009

Jaws 3D

With 3D sneaking into the browser via Google’s O3D and WebGL many pose the question – is the web going to be 2D or 3D? Some are so confused they ask if social networks will evolve into virtual worlds like Second Life?
This reminds me of a time when communicating with a computer was a hot [...]

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