This Scientific American article goes into analysis of LL Chairman Mitch Kapor's recent speech at the MIT Virtual Worlds conference. Mitch goes on to examine SL's strengths and weaknesses, and its place in the continuum of history. One of the more interesting bits to me is the list of reasons why SL invites skepticism:- Too weird
- Too hard to learn
- No reason for most people to use
- Not enough control for business
It's the third point that I've found to be the killer among both my luddite friends as well as my techy amigos. What can be done to promote SL to the point where its value is clear to all? Does it even need that? Check out the rest of the article for interesting comments on Mitch's speech.
(Via blog.sciam.com)
