Google Making their own Second Life?
Posted in 3D Social Networks, E-Commerce, Gaming, Google Verse, Second Life, Video Games, Web 2.0 by wayne.porter on October 27th, 2007 The Arizona Republic notes an interesting rumor— Google is reportedly working to create a virtual world that will take-on Second Life.
The company may be testing the project at Arizona State University.
While Google isn’t mentioned by name by ASU, its ties with Google suggest a possible connection.
ASU’s solicitation describes the university as the only school asked to collaborate on a new product to be launched publicly later this year.
“This is a truly unique opportunity for you to test-drive the software and provide feedback, which will be used to continuously refine the product before its launch,” according to ASU’s note to students, listed at asu.edu /myworld. “Please submit the questionnaire to see if you will be one of the chosen few picked to participate.”
Not much more than rumor, and I find it rather surprising if they would create a wild-west sort of experience like Second Life. But according to the piece the university is now soliciting students with video-gaming backgrounds for an “unspecified software-testing project“. The questionnaire Arizona State is sending to student applicants asks if they have Gmail accounts…
Sit back and wait. Not sure how Google will manage all the pitfalls of virtual reality (the security hazards alone are unique and interesting from a research angle), but I am sure the hardware will allow the world(s) to scale.
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