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When Virtual Worlds Collide

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-need-an-answer-to-the-genre-hurdle dept.

Wired is running an interesting article on the realization of past predictions with regards to online gaming and where we are headed for the future. The author predicts that the separation between online worlds like Ultima Online and World of Warcraft may be headed out of style, making your in-game persona as pervasive as an email address. From the article: "Because the current metaverse evolved largely out of videogames, it makes sense that it should be composed of fiefdoms - after all, you wouldn't expect a Grand Theft Auto crack dealer to drop in for a barbecue with the Sims. But there is reason to believe that the divided metaverse is merely a transitional phase, and that its component worlds will coalesce."

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  1. Games too? by MacDork · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So gaming worlds are going to coalesce just like instant messenger serviced did years ag... oh, nevermind ;-)

  2. no it won't by Joseph_V · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Analogy: I'm going to wear my DnD gear to work because of my persistant avatar. I'm going to be a professional lawyer even though I have a degree in medicine because of persistant avatars.

    This is stupid, different people have different ways of escaping, and just because it COULD happen (which would require a level of industry cohesion that will likely never exist) doesn't mean it will.

    1/10 for being a bad idea and not even being funny.