Google Unplugs Lively as Hype Fades Over Virtual Worlds (New York Times)
Online virtual worlds were dealt a heavy helping of reality this week. First off, Google announced that its Lively experiment will shut down at the end of the year. The Web-based portal to all things virtual only started in July, making this one of Google?s shorter experiments.
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