Enzo Silva blog » avatar http://enzosilva.com Learning together... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:07:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Article by Avatar Languages – 3D Virtual Worlds for Language Learning http://enzosilva.com/blog/2010/01/02/article-by-avatar-languages-3d-virtual-worlds-for-language-learning/ http://enzosilva.com/blog/2010/01/02/article-by-avatar-languages-3d-virtual-worlds-for-language-learning/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:53:53 +0000 enzofsilva http://enzosilva.com/blog/?p=657 3D Virtual Worlds for Language Learning

]]> http://enzosilva.com/blog/2010/01/02/article-by-avatar-languages-3d-virtual-worlds-for-language-learning/feed/ 0 Google Lively – 3D Chat/Virtual World http://enzosilva.com/blog/2008/07/09/google-lively-3d-chatvirtual-world/ http://enzosilva.com/blog/2008/07/09/google-lively-3d-chatvirtual-world/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:39:56 +0000 enzofsilva http://tweaklearning.wordpress.com/?p=132 As if Google wasn’t already trying to be the know-it-all and the have-it-all of the Web, now they also try to compete with 3D chat rooms and virtual worlds in this new release in beta phase:

Lively – “Chat and interact with your friends in rooms you design.”

“Customize your avatar and stream personal photos and video.”

“Invite your friends to chat and help decorate.”

The look an feel resembles virtual worlds such as CyWorld, for instance. Many others are compared on this chart by TechCrunch. The Blue Book published by the Association of Virtual Worlds contains and enormous list of Virtual Worlds…

It might be worth giving it a try. I am just not sure whether we need yet another virtual world combined with a chat room capability… mmmm… All in all, It might be just another move for Google to place their ads all over the Web , this time on the 3D Web…

By the way, no Mac version as of now…

Also, take a look at Karl Kapp’s list of Alternative to Second Life.

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