Saturday, May 21, 2005
Is it finally time for 3D online? | Newsmakers | CNET News.com
Is it finally time for 3D online? | Newsmakers | CNET News.com: "Now we're in a position where the timing couldn't be better. Every user has a computer that has 3D. Most people download some kind of game, or download music, or download a chat client--things that are outside the sphere of the Web browser. Right now we have these proprietary, 3D gaming universes, 3D chat worlds, like Linden Labs' 'Second Life,' and they're analogous to the Prodigy and Compuserve of a decade ago."
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
GamesIndustry.biz - PlayStation 3: The industry's best-kept secret?
GamesIndustry.biz - PlayStation 3: The industry's best-kept secret?
Word had leaked out that Linden Labs plans to replace its entire server farm with a single Sonly Playstation 3 when the product debuts next year. A company representative stated that they expect hardware costs for server equipment to drop to "somewhere in the $200-$300 range".
Word had leaked out that Linden Labs plans to replace its entire server farm with a single Sonly Playstation 3 when the product debuts next year. A company representative stated that they expect hardware costs for server equipment to drop to "somewhere in the $200-$300 range".
Monday, May 16, 2005
Virtual Power Brokers
Virtual Power Brokers: "'It's a job in that I am largely motivated by economic success,' she said. 'Here my achievement is creating real value for other residents.'
Graef sometimes is paid in Linden Dollars, the game's equivalent of Monopoly money. But she's able to convert that currency to U.S. dollars via several websites, including gamingopenmarket.com, which looks like a stock market, complete with charts and opening and closing prices. On any given day, a player can sell 240 or so Linden Dollars for one U.S. dollar. Payments are made through PayPal.
Game currency is among the most widely sold virtual commodities.
To Raph Koster, chief creative officer at Sony Online Entertainment, the company that runs 'EverQuest,' the notion that Platinum, or 'Plat,' is equivalent to legal tender is unreal.
'You can't take Plat and buy groceries,' Koster said. 'Outside of EverQuest, Plat has no real value. It's just a string of zeros and 1s in our database.'"
Sounds like the people at Sony Online Entertainment are quite a bit out of touch.
Graef sometimes is paid in Linden Dollars, the game's equivalent of Monopoly money. But she's able to convert that currency to U.S. dollars via several websites, including gamingopenmarket.com, which looks like a stock market, complete with charts and opening and closing prices. On any given day, a player can sell 240 or so Linden Dollars for one U.S. dollar. Payments are made through PayPal.
Game currency is among the most widely sold virtual commodities.
To Raph Koster, chief creative officer at Sony Online Entertainment, the company that runs 'EverQuest,' the notion that Platinum, or 'Plat,' is equivalent to legal tender is unreal.
'You can't take Plat and buy groceries,' Koster said. 'Outside of EverQuest, Plat has no real value. It's just a string of zeros and 1s in our database.'"
Sounds like the people at Sony Online Entertainment are quite a bit out of touch.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
A virtual world with peer-to-peer style - page 2 | CNET News.com
A virtual world with peer-to-peer style - page 2 | CNET News.com: "Today, all of those servers are run by Linden Labs, but the world was built to ultimately support a peer-to-peer model, where players might add their own 16-acre plot into the world from their own computer, said Linden Labs' chief executive officer, Philip Rosedale. For security reasons--including the fact that a real currency is traded inside the world--the company hasn't taken that step yet, however."
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