Virtual Worlds
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Lost?
Posted by 
Michael) on Mar 20 2007 | Tagged as: Asides, Gab Gab Gab, Virtual Worlds
I was cruising around MySpace earlier on today and came across a link to a game called LOST.
It’s not the game I like (haven’t played, might not even get round to it), it’s the way it’s being promoted virally.
From the game’s own site:
Welcome to Lost. This game is a student project that aims to show how 7 million people connect and break the record for the most number of players ever.
You can join the game if you find an invitation. An invitation is an internet address that looks like this: www.lost.eu/example - but instead of the word ‘example’ there are some random numbers and letters.
There are invitations everywhere - on the internet and in the real world.
It’ll be interesting to see how fast Lost reaches its own particular Tipping Point.
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Extreme socializing tours
Posted by Michael Walsh) on Oct 23 2006 | Tagged as: Reuters, Second Life, Virtual Worlds
While we’re all discovering how to navigate in the land of the social, some clever people have come up with a site designed to show newbies around the increasingly popular virtual worlds, like World of Warcraft and Second Life.
“Synthravels is the first organization to offer a complete guide service to all the people who want to make a tour in virtual worlds without knowing these new realities, even if they have never put their feet in these strange, synthetic grounds.” says their site.
I don’t mind admitting that these virtual communities scare the bejesus out of me. It’s bad enopugh convincing clients to embrace social media. Virtual communities is pushing it waaay beyond credible.
Second Life recently got a credibility boost after Reuters opened an agency and IBM started holding corporate meetings there.
Having said that, it is a fascinating transformation in the way we represent ourselves. I’m not sure I’ve fully grasped the point of the original names requirement. I mean getting major personalities like, I don’t know, Carlos Ghosn - CEO of Renault Nissan, to go online under the name of Bungo Kaloterakis seems to me the wrong side of lunacy, although having said that Renault does build some looney cars…
Sorry, can’t stop now, I’ve got a virtual tour bus to catch.
