Comments on: Is Google’s Lively A Second Life-Killer? http://metarand.com/2008/07/08/is-googles-lively-a-second-life-killer/ meta musings on tech, innovation, gadgets, lifestyle and the media arena Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:18:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: metarand http://metarand.com/2008/07/08/is-googles-lively-a-second-life-killer/#comment-2779 metarand Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:22:39 +0000 http://metarand.com/?p=490#comment-2779 Simon -- I agree re the size of the opportunity ...provided you work with or around Google there may still be rich pickings. Much like the search arena, we still have a long way to go... Simon — I agree re the size of the opportunity …provided you work with or around Google there may still be rich pickings. Much like the search arena, we still have a long way to go…

]]> By: Simon Newstead http://metarand.com/2008/07/08/is-googles-lively-a-second-life-killer/#comment-2777 Simon Newstead Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:57:31 +0000 http://metarand.com/?p=490#comment-2777 Agree, Second Life is such a different beast with a different target user and philosophy. Lively today is cartoon 3D chat for younger audience, plain and simple, which I'm sure it will be successful in. Re competing with startups, I think some may find tough competition like Meez and IMVU (although they have an advantage of a far more open content catalog), others will benefit from the increased acceptance of the virtual world. With 150 Million + 2D avatar accounts that can be moved into 3D avatars, the total opportunity is still big and growing, even with a gorilla grabbing a chunk of that :) Agree, Second Life is such a different beast with a different target user and philosophy. Lively today is cartoon 3D chat for younger audience, plain and simple, which I’m sure it will be successful in.

Re competing with startups, I think some may find tough competition like Meez and IMVU (although they have an advantage of a far more open content catalog), others will benefit from the increased acceptance of the virtual world. With 150 Million + 2D avatar accounts that can be moved into 3D avatars, the total opportunity is still big and growing, even with a gorilla grabbing a chunk of that :)

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