newretro.org » Tech http://newretro.org Musings about the game and media world Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:16:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Google Lively – Google take on Second Life http://newretro.org/tech/2008/07/09/google-lively-google-take-on-second-life/ http://newretro.org/tech/2008/07/09/google-lively-google-take-on-second-life/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:55:50 +0000 Sillytuna http://newretro.org/?p=28 Sorry for the interruption to the indie platform article series, but massive news from . They’ve finally announced their virtual world project. is plug-in based application that runs within a browser and hooks into existing social networks, such as .

With over two and a half years of development, this is a major project even for . Given that has been mainly used for meeting partners, virtual sex, and even gambling, you have to wonder what ’s expectations are. Linking it to existing social networks may be the key, although they have competition with Vivaty.

Gamasutra have an interview with ’s Mel Guymon (head of 3D Operations) and a have released the YouTube video below.

Download Beta here.

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