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IBM, Linden Labs Call For Portable Avatars

Posted by kdawson on from the door-from-sl-to-google-earth dept.

destinyland writes "IBM just announced a push for universal avatars with Second Life's creator Linden Labs. Then they joined Google, Cisco, Intel, Sony, Microsoft, and Motorola for the first planning session on how to make it happen. There's already speculation that Google is working on a 3-D social networking environment incorporating Google Earth and Google Maps." Virtual Worlds News has up a copy of the joint press release.

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  1. You Don't Have To by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Nothing says that you have to use the same avatar across networks and applications. The only difference will be that, for those who are proud of their avatar or don't want to rebuild their network of friends, things will be easier.

  2. Re:Suprising that SL would go for it. by tonyreadsnews · · Score: 3, Informative

    I take it you haven't seen their new propsed architecture grid which allows people and other companies to have their own simulators? Whether they open themselves up or not, doesn't matter, someone will, and they *do* appear to be moving in that direction. http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Proposed_Architecture