Avatar: A New Addition to Mankind
January 27th, 2009
A few posts ago I discussed my Top 10 trends in the Virtual World space for 2009. One raised a few eyebrows: Cross-platform Avatar standardization will continue. Perhaps I should elaborate.
Teleporting avatars from one Virtual World to another…We saw the beginning of this in 2008 between IBM and Linden Lab. Look for more moves like this in the future through VC backed companies and the eight hundred pound gorillas. With the massive use of social media outlets – and more and more people adopting Virtual Worlds into their daily lives – this is not going away! Who wants to have to keep reinventing the wheel in every 3D world? Not me! More than likely the avatars moving from one platform to another will be a hot topic in 2009. Be warned the road to cross-platform avatar standardization may hit a few bumps along the way.
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