Comments on: How will Google use Social Media & Gaming?

By: Anthony Perez

Anthony Perez — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:27:50 +0000

“”Yes, let me walk my avatar over to the aisle with the product, and then check it out in a “virtual setting”. – Anthony you have to admit that it would be cool to try this out at least once ”

Or I can go to Best Buy and ACTUALLY pick it up

By: bukolae

bukolae — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:40:25 +0000

You make a very good point here. Why do people enter virtual worlds? I think part of the answer lies in the name of the one of the most popular virtual worlds, Second Life. Some people find the experience of living a second, virtual life to be incredibly valuable. I think this is a genre of gaming that you either love or hate. For the lovers of virtual worlds Google's new penchant for gaming will be well-received.

“Yes, let me walk my avatar over to the aisle with the product, and then check it out in a “virtual setting”. – Anthony you have to admit that it would be cool to try this out at least once

By: Anthony Perez

Anthony Perez — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:34:26 +0000

I don't "get" virtual worlds even though I've tried very hard.

"Oh let me make my avatar, and walk him around aimlessly and meet other people's avatars and watch youtube videos hung up on my wall in a more clunky evironment than just going to Youtube. Let me to to my picture frame and look at my Flickr pics even though i can already do that on Flickr."

I love when people say, "Wouldn't it be cool if you could walk into a virtual retail store and check out a product?"

Isn't that why I went to the Web in the first place? So I wouldn't have to go to a store.

"Yes, let me walk my avatar over to the aisle with the product, and then check it out in a "virtual setting"

Isn't that why e-commerce is better? It makes everything accessible at the click of the button. Why would I want to simulate the tedious process that sent me to the web in the first place?