Take two on Googles virtual world Lively. I had to try again at home, hoping this time the customization functions would not fail me. Using Vista and Firefox 3 I expected even more problems but apart from having the installer crash once this time I did get to experience the full ‘Livelyness’ of the application.
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Posted on: July 14, 2008 | No Comments »

Just a funny clip of an augmented reality application. It can really be as simple as that, a virtual pet rummaging about in your room. All the cuteness of real life with the advantages of virtuality ;)

Posted on: July 10, 2008 | No Comments »

The much anticipated Virtual World of Larry and Sergey & Co. has been released today. It pretty much came out of the blue for me, but it’s there and it’s called Lively. While everyone was looking at Second Life and it’s virtual world clients, Google saw more in Ralph Kosters Metaplace approach - creating browser [...]

Posted on: July 9, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Last week I posted on Dusan Writers contest to re-design the interface for the Second Life Client. Today Dusan announced the finalists and I’m happy to say I’m one of them with my ‘less = more’ design! I was excited and honoured to compete with 5 other excellent suggestions for improvement. Dusan created a complete [...]

Posted on: July 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »