Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Lively - Google's Entry into the 3D Virtual World Space

3Dwalkthroughs.com has come across multiple posts about Google's new 3D virtual world platform - Lively. Lively is a free service aimed at the PG-13 crowd. Unlike Second Life they are not allowing mature content to be posted on the site.

According to the posts we have read, Lively takes social networking and chatting to the next level. The site allows users to design their own avatar, pick out their clothing and accessories, pick a room or a place, and decorate that space with furniture and objects.

Source: associatedcontent.com

As soon as we get a few minutes we are definitely going to be downloading Lively and seeing all that it has to offer. It will be interesting to see how it stacks up to Second Life and the other existing 3D virtual world platforms.

Here is a link to a youtube video describing Lively.

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