Google Launches Lively -- 3D Virtual World


	Google Launches Lively -- 3D Virtual World
rj3sp
7-9-2008 2:45 PM
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google, lively, 3d, virtual world, vr, virtual reality, chat
rj3sp says:
Google's just launched Web browser plug-in Lively is a 3-D simulation application where users can customize avatars and create environments (rooms) with stuff they pick from a product catalog. The environments can also be embedded in blogs or Web sites.
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border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lively.com/html/landing.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.lively.com/img/855A760A-E9B9-47A3-9C67-166C0903A543" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lively.com/html/landing.html"><H4>Express yourself</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lively.com/html/landing.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.lively.com/img/A22E8A1F-A07A-464D-9A31-6D2F042AA151" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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                                        Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively'                </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080708/ap_on_hi_te/tec_google_virtual_reality"><P>Google thinks Lively will encourage even more people to dive into alternate realities because it isn't tethered to one Web site like Second Life, and it doesn't cost anything to use. After installing a small packet of software, a user can enter Lively from other Web sites, like social networking sites and blogs.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080708/ap_on_hi_te/tec_google_virtual_reality"><P>The Lively application already works on <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_on_hi_te/storytext/tec_google_virtual_reality/28167121/SIG=10q6mqvc7/*http://www.facebook.com/" linkindex="36"><SPAN id="lw_1215558177_2" class="yshortcuts">Facebook</SPAN></A>, one of the Web's hottest hangouts, and Google is working on a version suitable for an even larger online social network, News Corp.'s <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_on_hi_te/storytext/tec_google_virtual_reality/28167121/SIG=10p7m979u/*http://www.myspace.com/" linkindex="37" set="yes"><SPAN id="lw_1215558177_3" class="yshortcuts">MySpace</SPAN></A>.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Google-Gives-Virtual-Reality-a-Second-Life/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.eweek.com/img/30C1660C-17CB-4840-B23E-F2BAF3B5B6E2" alt="eWeek.com" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Google-Gives-Virtual-Reality-a-Second-Life/"><SPAN class="Article_Title">Google Gives Virtual Reality a Second Life</SPAN></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0AA8D856-9CD7-4705-9CA8-CCF78C4D8B67/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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