This reminds me of Second Life. It really is more like a limited version of Second Life. But since its coming from Google, there might be good things in store for Lively in the future.
Lively is a chat application that creates 3D worlds in place of the traditional chat rooms and lets users create 3D characters, or Avatars, to represent themselves in the 3D world. You can customize the look of your avatar, ranging from the color of the skin to the clothes to wear. The characters can interact with each other using various actions (hi5, hold hands, hug, kick, etc...). You can also create your own chat rooms and customize them by placing various furniture you want. And the best thing is, you can embed these rooms into your own web pages, and anyone with a Lively account can enter it.
Currently, only Windows XP/Vista and IE/Firefox combination is supported. You have to install a plugin to use Lively, and a Google account to create a Lively account. Be warned though, that this is still in beta.
You can download the plugin at Google Lively. Check out the room I've embedded below.
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It seems to me Google is targeting the teen age crowd with this new service. It will take some time for us to know if it really catches on.
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