On this subject.. sorta..

I actually just bought a little slice of Real Estate in Second Life recently. I've always had a huge interest in Virtual Reality, and being an IT guy since '92 or so, I've always been interested in what will take the WWW from 2D to 3D.

I guess Second life is probably the closest thing we have to that, since VRML is pretty much dead. It's privately owned, but it's setting some interesting goals.

If you are interested in the idea of having some 3D space online to express yourself however you wish, then check out Second Life. It's not so much a game as it is a virtual world that centers around personal creativity. There is a large social aspect of it too if you wish.

The land I bought right now has a cool tropical themed tiki hut paradise that I built using the in game tools. They have a complex scripting system, 3D tools, upload your own textures (and yes, anything goes), etc. I don't hang out in there a lot cause my real life keeps me busy, but I do use it as a personal creative outlet. It's also fun to see what other people have dreamed up.

For example, I was talking to a woman last night who used the SL scripting language to start programming a school of fish she constructed so that they have basic AI capabilities such as flocking/schooling. She is now working on a DNA system so they can breed and pass along trates. It's sort of like a home made Darwin experiment. Very cool. She's not a programmer.

The recently added the ability for you to stream video up to your land in the game, and they are adding in game web browsers based on Mozilla. Streaming music (audio) up to your land via shoutcast has been in for a long time.

http://secondlife.com/whatis/

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