Comments on: A visit to ICANN in Second Life http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/11/14/a-visit-to-icann-in-second-life/ An infuriatingly infrequently updated reflection on the Internet, the US, and life in general Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:16:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kieren http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/11/14/a-visit-to-icann-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7939 Kieren Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:27:15 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/11/14/a-visit-to-icann-in-second-life/#comment-7939 I have to admit, Second Life has come on a bit in the past few months. I remember when everyone starting talking about it whether it ws the same thing I looked at briefly a long while previously and decided it wasn't worth writing a story about. But yes, anyway, I remain sceptical. But at the same time, it would have been interesting if there were other people there and something was going on. It felt, somehow, slightly exciting. And that is the difference between things working and not working - does it give you a slight twinge of excitement? The problem is I don't think the technology is there for it not to be an anti-climax. But it's always nice to try these things out. Kieren I have to admit, Second Life has come on a bit in the past few months. I remember when everyone starting talking about it whether it ws the same thing I looked at briefly a long while previously and decided it wasn’t worth writing a story about.

But yes, anyway, I remain sceptical. But at the same time, it would have been interesting if there were other people there and something was going on. It felt, somehow, slightly exciting. And that is the difference between things working and not working – does it give you a slight twinge of excitement?

The problem is I don’t think the technology is there for it not to be an anti-climax. But it’s always nice to try these things out.

Kieren

]]> By: Ed http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/11/14/a-visit-to-icann-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7933 Ed Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:04:00 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/11/14/a-visit-to-icann-in-second-life/#comment-7933 I played with Second Life about a year ago and found it rather clunky and not particularly visually attractive (as computer games go). I can't really believe going to "events" in this virtual world is more efficient than going to a virtual meeting room of a more traditional sort (e.g. text chat, with slideshow/video). Seems to just add another layer of complexity to the problem of having virtual meetings. I played with Second Life about a year ago and found it rather clunky and not particularly visually attractive (as computer games go). I can’t really believe going to “events” in this virtual world is more efficient than going to a virtual meeting room of a more traditional sort (e.g. text chat, with slideshow/video). Seems to just add another layer of complexity to the problem of having virtual meetings.

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