Google's virtual world to die next month

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:39 PM EST

Article Source: msnbc.com

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Lively, a virtual reality service from Google Inc., is dying.

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beefviper

I didn't even know it existed.

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#1 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:41 PM EST

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Art-537780

I used the sight a lot. I will be sorry that it did not make it.

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#2 - Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:45 PM EST

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JWLTude

"The company plans to shut down the service at the end of the year, reflecting Lively's inability to stand out from the rest of the virtual reality crowd. The pack of faux worlds is led by Second Life, where people deploy animated alter egos known as avatars to pursue digital fantasies."

I'm sure it's not because they couldn't find enough people who live in a "fantasy" in this world. What a waste of technology!

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#3 - Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:08 PM EST

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Zack Green

Meanwhile, Second Life continues to allow avatars to have sex and continues to make lots and lots of money.

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#4 - Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:21 PM EST

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oriste

The Livelyzens (Lively users) are coming together to appeal to Google to keep Lively alive.

Lively is a great platform for interaction as well as creativity. It is easy to use, browser based, embeddable on webpages to bring a 3D experience right on your website. While Lively has been in beta and has limited capability in terms of the objects and avatars available, the Livelyzens have been able to come up with very creative ways to create art from what is available. All this in a "clean" 3D world thanks to Google's vigilance in getting rid of rooms with inappropriate content. More than anything, Lively has become a place to make friends for life – from all over the world with wonderful people.

Please visit our website and participate in the Lively Machinima contest we are conducting to show the creative potential of Google Lively. Please also sign our online petition

We kindly request netizens to support us in reviving a wonderful 3D world that is a kid friendly and a creative space for art and interaction amongst adults.

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#5 - Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:52 PM EST

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JWLTude

Get a real person to person LIFE.....

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#5.1 - Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:35 PM EST

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