DISQUS

Webomatica: Web Companies And Their Real-World Equivalents

  • sang · 2 years ago
    hey jase, what is this 'second life' you've been blogging about? it sounds very orwellian.

    there's an L&L in new york too, but i haven't been yet...
  • Dave · 2 years ago
    Sang, use your search engine boy! ;-)

    Here's a link that should get you started:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life

    Supposed to be an online world modeled after Neal Stephenson's Metaverse from Snow Crash (which is an AWESOME book btw, a must read for you and Mr. K.).

    I haven't tried it out but it sounds like World of Warcrack sans the fighting and orcs.
  • webomatica · 2 years ago
    Heh it's pretty bizarre. Actually I haven't found as many people in there as I thought there would be and they seem obsessed with earning money. But anyhow it's amusing... the graphics are kinda like the Sims or Quake. You just download a client and away you go.

    I've been going in there like ... once a week because of time constraints but it's always amusing. You can see a lot of stuff in an hour because you can teleport and fly.
  • sang · 2 years ago
    interesting, interesting....

    another online addiction, I must proceed with care :)

    Dave, I'll check out Snow Crash.