Comments on: Google’s “Lively” Virtual Chatroom http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/07/09/googles-lively-virtual-chatroom/ Politics, Technology in Education, Art, Music, Life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Graham Mills http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/07/09/googles-lively-virtual-chatroom/comment-page-1/#comment-9983 Graham Mills Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:58:40 +0000 http://fleeep.net/blog/?p=450#comment-9983 I'm a little sanguine about the prospects for user-generated content (and hence some aspects of education) as many teachers will not (i) have the RL expertise to model, (ii) be bothered to go through the necessary vetting procedure to become a content provider (if Virtual World News is right). I don't think Google has teachers (or SecondLifers for that matter) as one of its target markets in the short term (whereas LL obviously do); on the other hand, students who spend time on Fb probably are in its sights. Ultimately, it will come down to how Google intends to monetize the product. I’m a little sanguine about the prospects for user-generated content (and hence some aspects of education) as many teachers will not (i) have the RL expertise to model, (ii) be bothered to go through the necessary vetting procedure to become a content provider (if Virtual World News is right). I don’t think Google has teachers (or SecondLifers for that matter) as one of its target markets in the short term (whereas LL obviously do); on the other hand, students who spend time on Fb probably are in its sights. Ultimately, it will come down to how Google intends to monetize the product.

]]> By: Neal Cross http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/07/09/googles-lively-virtual-chatroom/comment-page-1/#comment-9982 Neal Cross Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:45:23 +0000 http://fleeep.net/blog/?p=450#comment-9982 I gave Lively a brief try last night, I liked it was a much more lightweight application than SL. No need for an Orientation Island just to get a mild clue of what and how. I did not notice the ability to embed Youtube into a room, so I'll try that next. But I did try using the embed code for my room, and that seemed to work pretty well. As it works now, Lively would be nice way to introduce the very uninitiated to virtual worlds. And I share in your surprise about how secret this was. Until I started reading Tweets about Lively yesterday, I had not heard about it at all. I gave Lively a brief try last night, I liked it was a much more lightweight application than SL. No need for an Orientation Island just to get a mild clue of what and how. I did not notice the ability to embed Youtube into a room, so I’ll try that next. But I did try using the embed code for my room, and that seemed to work pretty well. As it works now, Lively would be nice way to introduce the very uninitiated to virtual worlds.

And I share in your surprise about how secret this was. Until I started reading Tweets about Lively yesterday, I had not heard about it at all.

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