virtual worlds past, present and future

Virtual Worlds: Past, Present and Future

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The Internet I Expected in 1997

What I Got

Virtual WorldsFrom Habitat to Second Life

1985 2005

We’ve Always had Virtual Worlds

ARG: The Sarah Connors Chronicles

Where it all BeganPhilo T. Farnsworth: 1928

Fast Forward: 2007Across the Street: 1100

Sansome

And So It Began. . . . .The gentle blue glow

From Village Greens to Strip Malls:What Happened to Communities?

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Themes of Virtual Worlds 2008

• Kids and Toys

• Entertainment

• Advertising

• Enterprise




We’re at the Junction of Fascinating Industries




Entertainment




Gaming




Advertising




Work




The Internet




Some Dreams




Enterprise: Let’s Make Work More Playful




Advertising: Let’s Tell Stories




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Entertainment: Movies, Action Figures and Imagination




Toys: Let’s Spread the Webkinz Model

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