Tag archive: D Internet

Folks have been saying for years that the “3D Internet” is going to be the next big thing, with everyone piloting avatars around in simulated 3D environments, chatting each other up, and (of course!) engaging in lots of lucrative e-commerce. And, certainly, tens of millions of people do something very much like that today, between smashing monsters in World of Warcraft to buying virtual fasions and bling-bling in Linden… Read More

The end of the year is traditionally a time of looking back and reviewing past events…but in the technology industry, it's also a time when pundits and prognosticators like to make predictions about the future. Many of these visions never even come close to reality—flying cars, anyone?—but that doesn't seem to have put any damper on the enthusiasm for looking ahead. For the last couple years, technology… Read More

Coinciding with the Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo opening today in San Jose, IBM and Linden Labs—the folks who run the popular virtual world Second Life—have announced they intend to develop standards and technologies which will enable world users to move seamlessly between virtual worlds, taking their precious avatars—and, of course, all their virtual commerce capabilities—with them as they go. “As the… Read More