Freelance consultant for digital heritage

Category: Metaverse

  • Sony create a competitor to Second Life?

    The graphics in this trailer for Sony’s metaverse, named “Home”, are simply stunning. Unfortunately it’s for PlayStation 3 users only, but it certainly raises the bar for purveyors of other virtual worlds. Compare this to Second Life, for example.

  • Google Metaverse?

    GigaOM reports that more evidence is turning up that Google are developing their own metaverse, i.e. a virtual 3D world like Second Life. Google themselves have said nothing about it themselves, so this is pure rumour/wishful thinking. What with Google’s acquisition of SketchUp and Keyhole which demonstrates their keenness in 3D, it wouldn’t surprise me…