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Google launches its own ‘Second Life’

Lively allows users to create avatars and create 3D ‘rooms’

Google has launched a rival to the likes of PS3 Home and Second Life in the shape of Lively – a new 3D virtual world.

Players use Avatars and interact virtually with others, and can create their own 3D ‘rooms’ , which they can then decorate. Users can also stream photos and video.

According to TechRadar.com, Google Lively works on any PC browser with Windows Vista or Windows XP installed, using a plug-in that makes use of Emergent's Gamebryo engine – but currently is unavailable on Mac.

Niniane Wang, engineering manager for the project said: "Based on feedback from ASU [Arizona State University] students and with help from the Google Desktop team, we added support for playing YouTube videos in virtual TVs and showing photos in virtual picture frames inside our rooms.

“Better yet, the gadgets you have in your Lively rooms can also run on your desktop."

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Google Lively Worlds on Google Maps

posted by Mapper99 Jul 09, 2008 at 9:05 pm
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Here is a cool site where Lively users can get together and get cool stuff for their worlds: http://www.livelyworlds.com" onclick="window.open ( this.href ); return false;" class="comment_url" >http://www.livelyw...s.com

There is already a Google Map dispaying their worlds!

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