Vodafone Opens Second Life Island
Vodafone’s island in the virtual world of Second Life has now opened to the public, according to Justin Bovington, head of Rivers Run Red, the virtual-world services company that produced the mobile phone company’s in-world presence. The »Vodafone« region seem similar to AOL’s presence in terms of the density of activities provided there, if not programming. There’s ice-skating to be had, high-board diving, butterfly rides and more, and users can upload their own pics that are shown on displays around the skating rink, which is a nice feature. See the YouTube clip above for a quick tour of the island. Vodafone is also giving away “water coolers” that are updated periodically with new free toys. I don’t think the voice services they’ve talked about are in place yet, but they’ve at least bandied about the idea that they’ll provide some back-end voice support for Second Life. Linden Lab, however, is very near to providing native voice support, we hear.
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Yeah… but you gotta admit… it’s a bit crap. It may be just what the client wanted (who knows?) but aside from the grabber game, I think it’s a bit of an eye-sore. But at least it doesn’t have the RRR “signature style”
finally, we seem to be moving in some new direction. AOL and Vodafone seem to be offering something alternative to the ‘big’ building and empty space. I wonder if this is a new trend?
Interesting to see Vodafone getting set up in SL…..I wonder who I pitch Mexuars first life second life mobile phone voice technology to? :)
Cheers,
Dean Collins
www.mexuar.com