Comments on: Seperation of the Metaverse http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2009/02/03/seperation-of-the-metaverse/ Spirituality, Technology, Skepticism, bring it on... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2009/02/03/seperation-of-the-metaverse/comment-page-1/#comment-2449 Richard Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:36:10 +0000 http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/?p=352#comment-2449 You're right Paula, a webbrowser is a better analogy especially with the way applications (e.g. webmail and calendaring) can be run inside it. An operating system was overstating the case. I'd seen the media sensationalism surrounding SL, I notice they don't show the positive side, but then as with the web, it is competition for them. You’re right Paula, a webbrowser is a better analogy especially with the way applications (e.g. webmail and calendaring) can be run inside it. An operating system was overstating the case.

I’d seen the media sensationalism surrounding SL, I notice they don’t show the positive side, but then as with the web, it is competition for them.

]]> By: Paula (Mallory Destiny) http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/2009/02/03/seperation-of-the-metaverse/comment-page-1/#comment-2446 Paula (Mallory Destiny) Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:00:42 +0000 http://quietwatercourse.co.uk/?p=352#comment-2446 Indeed! I agree very much with you here. It is about time that people consider Second Life not as a game. Because, other than WoW and such, it is not a game at all, but a great communication tool. And, rather than an Operating system, I would suggest to compare SL to a webbrowser, a 3D-webbrowser as such. Compare Second Life (and other grids) to internet in the '90s and you'll find a lot of similarities, both in the ways of use and development and the image that the tool has in the society and in daily life, given by the so powerful, 20th century media! Indeed! I agree very much with you here. It is about time that people consider Second Life not as a game. Because, other than WoW and such, it is not a game at all, but a great communication tool.
And, rather than an Operating system, I would suggest to compare SL to a webbrowser, a 3D-webbrowser as such. Compare Second Life (and other grids) to internet in the ’90s and you’ll find a lot of similarities, both in the ways of use and development and the image that the tool has in the society and in daily life, given by the so powerful, 20th century media!

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