The Big Paradigm
I previously linked to an Amazon store in Second Life, but didn’t mention that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is an investor. Jeff’s not the only one who sees a big future in Second Life:
Mitch Kapor: “Second Life is a disruptive technology on the level of the personal computer or the Internet.”
Kapor, chairman of the board of Second Life’s producer Linden Labs, made the above statement in his keynote at the recent Second Life Community Convention.
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[…] Google+YouTube=Handwriting on the Wall of The Big Paradigm By lr Most of the buzz about Google’s acquisition of YouTube has focused on video, price and copyright but the really big story is about how videos are a harbinger of the big new paradigm of communication - story-driven virtual worlds. Earlier this year, in discussing how digital technology is transforming the way video is made and viewed, a Time magazine cover story observed: … movies have two big problems: the way they’re made and the way they’re shown. It has often been noted that if Henry Ford were to come back today, he would wonder why no one had come up with a better idea than the internal combustion engine. A similar thought may occur to any visitor to a movie shoot. Dozens, maybe hundreds of technicians adjust the lights, apply the makeup and dress the set, much the way it was done almost 100 years ago. And as in D.W. Griffith’s day, the film still runs through a camera, then is processed, reproduced many times and sent to theaters. […]