All right! More ways to keep your kids indoors and quiet! Disney has announced that its upcoming variety puppet show Bunnytown will launch with its own virtual world, presumably eponymously named. So children can go straight from tv screen to computer monitor with needing to interact with their parents at all. Fantastic.
I'm being slightly ridiculous, of course, but it's all too easy to imagine this happening. In 50 years' time, our bodies will bloat, our limbs will wither, and our eyes will enlarge to better receive visual signals from the virtual worlds that we will all inhabit as a matter of course.
Seriously, this is a huge win for the marketing team responsible. Direct merchandising and monetization of your television show in one fell swoop! Bravo, Disney. Pretty soon, your living room will be the Happiest Place On Earth.
(Via Virtual Worlds News)
