hmmm, I think it is more than BBS stuff. The metaverse is about real-time, immersive, online contact with people from all over the world. So it is much more complex than sending email/IMs and therefore it needs a richer context. What I see is the future of multi-threaded communications where the digital online environment adds value and helps deal with the noise to do something useful. Avatars are currently dumb, imagine when they are smart, actually participating rather than being moved around by us. I miss the days of the green-screen BBS stuff, but this is more exciting now to have the chance to make something visually interesting, rich and dynamic that can deliver a lot of information in an informative way. I think the social aspects gain when there is even more shared experience. Our Tut area is a baby step in this direction.
hmmm, I think it is more than
Wed, 05/20/2009 - 00:20 — RightAsRain Rimbaudhmmm, I think it is more than BBS stuff. The metaverse is about real-time, immersive, online contact with people from all over the world. So it is much more complex than sending email/IMs and therefore it needs a richer context. What I see is the future of multi-threaded communications where the digital online environment adds value and helps deal with the noise to do something useful. Avatars are currently dumb, imagine when they are smart, actually participating rather than being moved around by us. I miss the days of the green-screen BBS stuff, but this is more exciting now to have the chance to make something visually interesting, rich and dynamic that can deliver a lot of information in an informative way. I think the social aspects gain when there is even more shared experience. Our Tut area is a baby step in this direction.