Re: UKNM: Virtual Communities, Avatars etc. . .

[Stefan Magdalinski]

> > Does anyone have any thoughts on virtual communities, where users can

> enter

> > the site, select an avatar and interact with others in a virtual world?

> > There was a big feature on them in Revolution last year, but the concept

> > doesn't really seem to have taken off/been incorporated in other sites,

> > despite the much-vaunted "stickiness" of the concept. . .

> >

> > All the ones I've seen lately seem to crash my browser

> > (www.virtualzones.co.uk, www.elcitio.com). . . perhaps due to the

> > complication of the technology ? (don't even think about it. . .  ;-0)

> >

> > Anyway - are there any good ones? (I quite like the dobedo version, and

> > quake). My feeling is that they're not as effective as they could be

> because


Quake III is by far and away the best online virtual community by the

criteria above. I'm surprised no-one's adapted the engine to a

communication/hanging out environment (easy to do) instead of the far

more important business of KILLING EACH OTHER REPEATEDLY.


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