Video: Virtual worlds – hype or reality for businesses?

An 18 min video discussion that discuss the business side of the Metaverse. Pure discussion.silicon.com's Steve Ranger chats with a panel of experts about what virtual worlds such as Second Life mean to businesses. Is it all hype? Or should companies be getting involved? If so how? Steve is joined by Rupert Goodwins, technology editor … Continue reading Video: Virtual worlds – hype or reality for businesses?

Economist.com: MMO Netscape Moment

The Economist had a small article about the need for standards. See here.What happened on the internet, of course, was that the web came along and provided common, open standards for both client and server software, doing away with proprietary online services and bringing together previously separate communities as CompuServe, AOL and the rest adopted … Continue reading Economist.com: MMO Netscape Moment