Comments on: Google to Nuke Second Life? http://www.cc-chapman.com/2007/01/29/google-to-nuke-second-life/ Ramblings of Boston Based Media Maven C.C. Chapman Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:00:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Eric Rice http://www.cc-chapman.com/2007/01/29/google-to-nuke-second-life/#comment-12252 Eric Rice Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:45:12 +0000 http://www.cc-chapman.com/2007/01/29/google-to-nuke-second-life/#comment-12252 FYI, here's the criticism that will emerge-- it's a narrow one, too-- that Google Earth represents earth and not a virtual place. The problem with this critique is that it doesn't address that Earth, assuming it's 'a' grid, is being displayed and navigated as 'any' grid could be. They have the technology, software, rendering and such, so it wouldn't be a far reach. That said, being that they already have 'a' virtual world, ie,. Earth, would they be able to tap into the loyalty of citizens to their own location? I haven't skydived off of the Transamerica Pyramid in SL, nor landed a rocketship in Fenway Park, since well, it never occurred to me to *build* those. I've always wanted to build a virtual world on top of a RL location, since in the quest of fiction development, I'd like to maintain some accuracy when writing a story about San Francisco 200 years out. Watch Microsoft too. And the XBOX Live team. That's my speculation. The dollars and bandwidth are there. As are the tools. FYI, here’s the criticism that will emerge– it’s a narrow one, too– that Google Earth represents earth and not a virtual place. The problem with this critique is that it doesn’t address that Earth, assuming it’s ‘a’ grid, is being displayed and navigated as ‘any’ grid could be. They have the technology, software, rendering and such, so it wouldn’t be a far reach.

That said, being that they already have ‘a’ virtual world, ie,. Earth, would they be able to tap into the loyalty of citizens to their own location? I haven’t skydived off of the Transamerica Pyramid in SL, nor landed a rocketship in Fenway Park, since well, it never occurred to me to *build* those.

I’ve always wanted to build a virtual world on top of a RL location, since in the quest of fiction development, I’d like to maintain some accuracy when writing a story about San Francisco 200 years out.

Watch Microsoft too. And the XBOX Live team. That’s my speculation. The dollars and bandwidth are there. As are the tools.

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