Google Launches Virtual World Called Lively - Moopz

Google Launches Virtual World Called Lively

July 8, 2008 1:59 PM - Sign in to comment - Link

Well, this sucks for Second Life. Google is launching a new service today called Lively, a browser based virtual world add-on that lets users create and customize avatars and worlds, interact with other users, and generally have a richer social interaction than is offered by GTalk today. Worlds can be embedded int web pages, although only Windows users on IE or Firefox can view them, after an add-on download and installation. Mac and Linux users will have to wait for now. Google has created a number of sample rooms that can be copied and altered, or users can start from... [Tags: avatar, avatars, crunch, crunchboard, demo]

No Mac support! - Cartwright Reed

Will Google ever stop using Blue... - Bindu Reddy

Well too bad, I cannot use it... I only have a Mac :( - Bindu Reddy

@Cartwright grr: "Requires Windows Vista/XP with Internet Explorer or Firefox." I suer hope Mac support is on the roadmap. - Clay Newton

firing it up in VMWare... - Robin Barooah

interesting. i'm a big mmo fan, even though this is just a virtual chat room i will check it out - Chris Harris

Looks like the artwork from Gorillaz. I'm Mac only, but even if I wasn't ... meh. - AJ Kohn

Got a server login error message. Odd because it works for other Google apps. - Chris Herbert

Google Launches Virtual World Called Lively http://tinyurl.com/6x98wb - michael arrington

Inneresting. Wonder if they'll develop privacy protocols around this as well, so you can have secure and private group chats in a rich environment. Hmm.. - felix

:O Pretty interesting, I wonder if you're able to import your own items. - sergiooooooo

how completely random - where did this come from?? - Kevin

Can not login it right now - Selim Yörük

interesting, maybe microsoft can use this in one of their new mac v. pc ads see what you're missing on a mac? oh, wait, it isn't that great. - Nice Fish Films

No Mac & Linux support... - Kemal Yaylali

no linux support, no fun :-( - Marcos Marado

somebody was talking about it last night... - Franklin Naval

Looks like they have finally found a cool idea to use the power of SketchUp. - Vinay

Is there anyone else out there could login to Lively? - Kemal Yaylali

@Chris: It seems you are not alone. I am getting the login error too. - Vinay

who cares about mac - silpol

Cool, but just like SL, Lively's not the most efficient way for me to communicate, and not sure my peeps would be there... - Brian Carter

Yeah. Now once they combine this with Google Earth, it'll become really interesting. - Steve Lynch

Looks like a SceneCaster rip-off - Chris Nuttall

It is similar to SceneCaster in a way: it's Windows-only :-P - Marcos Marado

@Chris @Vinay I had login errors too via the client, succeeded by logging-in first via "Sign in" at the top right of the lively.com home page - David Peacock

Who cares. Do we need another Second Life? - Josh Kenzer

very cool, was waiting for them to do something like this - D.J.

Josh: I'm not sure I think we need this, but this surely isn't "another Second Life"... - Marcos Marado

I think Google has a hit on their hands here. SL is a silo, and siloes die because the web has no place for them. It makes much more sense to have embeddable virtual worlds, it follows the same formula YouTube uses to get their traffic. The more places you can put your content, the more people will see that content. This also provides an excellent platform for advertising as well, and nobody does that better than Google. For their sake though I hope they actually find a way to monetize this. - Devlin Dunsmore

Lively + Google maps = ... - Vince DeGeorge

What is the deal with Google releasing products that require specialized browser plugins that only work on Windows? Seriously? - Jason Wehmhoener

only windows? damn.. i'm still waiting for google earth in browser for mac ;/ - Graham Garland

If I need to chat with someone, do I need a 3D avatar to do it? Who does this appeal to besides teens and early adopters? - Brian Carter

I think a lot of people stay in SL for the build and customization tools more than the chat. Spore is right on the money for recognizing this. Google has a chance to shine here. - sergiooooooo

BC - I does not appeal to this early adopter. - Russellreno

Hmm, another Google 'product' that's only for windows. Hurrah. Luckily, this looks about three years too late. - Brad Brooks

it's pretty atrocious at this point, long load times, very little to do, hardly any customization - why would Google back this? - Nathan Chase

Here's a FriendFeed Lively Room -> http://www.lively.com/dr?rid=2790441255291488148 - Nathan Chase

Windows only? I can't even make myself a sad panda avatar. - Goran Zec

Yeah, just tried it out. Kinda lame. But then again, I never joined the SL cult to begin with. - Sean-Michael Robinson

Not sure where this'll go. Good to see some new development around GTalk though. - Brad Curtis

Great article. I can't wait to go home and test this out. - Daynah

Almost sure I saw the typical default Flex preloader in it. Is the GUI using Flash player, and the 3D stuff DirectX? - Nisse Bryngfors

Second Life is seriously screwed. This looks tons better. Plus, you won't get griefed. - Jason Huebel

Lively requires Windows Vista or XP with Internet Explorer or Firefox. Dang !! - Brenda McLaren

They need to take a page from HyperCard or Squeak/Smalltalk and implement live in-world programming. I'd buy into that. (That, and please support other platforms) - landonf@bikemonkey.org

Tried it. Not at all impressed. Actually rather disappointed. Comparing this to a platform like Second Life is just laughable. - Evan Sims

Ah right, thought I remembered something like that: http://www.opencroquet.org/ - landonf@bikemonkey.org

Proof: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryngfors/2650776031/ :) - Nisse Bryngfors

Agreed, Lively + Google World = Win. Can you say "Metaverse"? Also agreed that the SL user base really cares about virtual worlds work, and the SL platform is interoperable with the other OpenSime platforms. Right now, Lively = Plurk and Second Life = Twitter, at least in terms of user engagement. - Steve Lynch

another vote for Mac. ;) - Anthony Citrano

Who are we kidding. This thing stinks. the only thing is has going for it is Google. - Greg

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