Before virtual worlds can be more widely adopted, I believe that they must be integrated into the “flat” web. We should be able to seamlessly transition between 2d and 3d space, and have our identities and interpersonal connections travel along with us.
The adoption of social networking services by the academic virtual worlds community is a step toward this vision. Lori Bell, Director of the Info Island library, created a Ning network called Who’s Who in Virtual Worlds.
Ning, which I recently mentioned, is a web application that allows non-technical users to create their own social networks. The Ning approach really stands apart from Facebook and Myspace, and it really deserves a post of its own!
If you work with virtual worlds, please join up! You can also find community members on Facebook (join “The Metaverse” group) and Twitter. It does feel like all of these social technologies are converging…
(Via the Info Island blog)
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