Wired's got a good in-depth report on how (and why) corporations are blowing money on Second Life.
The Internet will eventually be full of such 3-D environments; Second Life might even be one of them. But in the meantime, it's just slurping up corporate dollars and delivering little in return.
The article is also worth reading for its discussion of why Second Life's architecture will hold it back from being what everyone wants it to be.
That big Google Maps article is online now too for those who missed it in the print edition.
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Chris:
This reminds me of something we talked about during the first Ithaca trip - a 3D world like Second Life definitely has potential, but it's unlikely that Second Life itself is the one that changes anything. Second Life is a good idea with mediocre execution.
Posted by Chris | July 29, 2007 1:12 PM
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Posted on July 29, 2007 13:12