Google Lively bites the dust
After less than five months, Google have pulled the plug on Lively.
In a fairly terse statement, no substantive reason is given for the axing beyond wanting to concentrate on “our core search, ads and apps business”.
It’s a quick demise for a virtual world that showed some initial promise. It did have its controversies over its [...]
Virtual Worlds London lineup finalised
As mentioned previously, we’re a media partner for Virtual Worlds London. It’s looking like a dynamic get-together, with quite a list of speakers finalised.
Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon is one of the many notables. If I were attending myself, I’d love to ask some questions of Niniane Wang, Google Lively’s Engineering Lead, on how Google [...]
Weekend Whimsy
1. OhMy Kidd – Jamm For Genes (Second Life)
2. The Goony Swim Party – In Second Life
3. Google Lively… ? Gia Moves In
Sex and Google’s Lively – the darker side
I wince sometimes at some of the stuff the Second Life Herald publishes – it’s an individual taste thing – but their expose on the darker side of Google’s Lively is well worth the read. The Herald’s Pixeleen Mistral posed as a 13-year old avatar and was subjected to some unwanted attention.
Any 3D chat experience [...]
Google Lively’s creator scores keynote at VW London
As mentioned previously, we’re a media partner for the Virtual Worlds London conference. They’ve just announced that the creator of Google’s Lively, Niniane Wang, will be a keynote speaker.
A new session called FastPitch has been introduced, which allows companies to showcase their virtual worlds-related service or product. You will need to provide a submission [...]
