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The last couple of months there was a lot of buzz about Second Live. Personally I don’t really like the type of game; I like to do something competitive. I do think however that people a looking for new ways to meet and interact with each other.

Sony must have thought the same, the new Playstation comes with a build-in ‘online world’ which is conceptually quite similar to second live… but is way ahead of it visually. A big difference is that buying a game also adds inventory (clothes, posters) to your avatar, which might help in identifying people playing the same games. Another feature which is quite attractive is the possibility to join multiplayer games; and we’re talking REAL games here.

The movie ends with talk about ’sponsored spaces’ … how many of these online worlds will we have? In which online world should your company sponsor a space….? Will these worlds be connected in so we can move to the next level of the ‘internet’?