Ok, so its not the first time users can experience 3D virtual life on the net. Programs such as Second Life have been around for a bit and have proved popular to a set of users our there but to really bring this virtual reality to desktops the world over takes, well, social networks of course.
Enter Vivaty Scenes brought to a desktop near you via Facebook or AIM. Vivaty Scenes as described by Greg’s Mind launched yesterday in beta promising to bring the virtual world to you in a new way.
The application will allow users to create their own virtual rooms which in essence will be like a 3D version of your homepage, rather than a true virtual world as Brent states. Others are heralding the public beta as a good thing, encouraging people to get involved and put Vivaty through its paces. Users will however, be able to customise the room to their own tastes adding decorations, themes, pictures imported from other applications and videos as well. Avatars representing people can be created in the same fashion as other virtual world programs.
But where is the money? Apps nowadays have to meet the bottom line. How will these virtual spaces pack in the revenue? Advertising is the obvious route but Target and Coke Zero have partnered up with the virtual gurus to cash in branding their rooms to be used by users.
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