Comments on: The partial death and refocus of Blue Mars /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/ Coverage of news, issues and events occurring in virtual worlds or those who create those worlds Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Blue Mars on iPhone: testing underway /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-208331 Blue Mars on iPhone: testing underway Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:03:17 +0000 /?p=2997#comment-208331 [...] The shots (pictured left) aren’t really different to the ones released when the announcement of the iPhone version, PC version halt and staff layoffs were announced a fortnight ago. [...] [...] The shots (pictured left) aren’t really different to the ones released when the announcement of the iPhone version, PC version halt and staff layoffs were announced a fortnight ago. [...]

]]> By: Laura Ess /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-208328 Laura Ess Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:33:00 +0000 /?p=2997#comment-208328 I shan't mourn this too much. My system, which worked "ok" under Second Life, was struggling using Blue Mars. The 1 GB range of downloads for initial software plus for whole environments was a definite turn off while one waited for that to complete. Other virtual world, like Twinity or Onverse, that do the same, download the environment in much less time and overall, more fun. I shan’t mourn this too much. My system, which worked “ok” under Second Life, was struggling using Blue Mars. The 1 GB range of downloads for initial software plus for whole environments was a definite turn off while one waited for that to complete. Other virtual world, like Twinity or Onverse, that do the same, download the environment in much less time and overall, more fun.

]]> By: The partial death and refocus of Blue Mars – The Metaverse Journal | 3D VR 虛擬實境 /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-208311 The partial death and refocus of Blue Mars – The Metaverse Journal | 3D VR 虛擬實境 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:06:54 +0000 /?p=2997#comment-208311 [...] The Metaverse Journal [...] [...] The Metaverse Journal [...]

]]> By: Blue Mars Abandons PC Development /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-208307 Blue Mars Abandons PC Development Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:30:35 +0000 /?p=2997#comment-208307 [...] Lowell Cremorne’s The partial death and refocus of Blue Mars [...] [...] Lowell Cremorne’s The partial death and refocus of Blue Mars [...]

]]> By: Eddi Haskell /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-208306 Eddi Haskell Sun, 16 Jan 2011 06:23:00 +0000 /?p=2997#comment-208306 actually you are the first one to point it out to me! thanks suezanne :) actually you are the first one to point it out to me! thanks suezanne :)

]]> By: Suezanne /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-208305 Suezanne Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:52:00 +0000 /?p=2997#comment-208305 You've probably heard this before and you'll probably hear this again: it's Linden Lab singular, not plural. You’ve probably heard this before and you’ll probably hear this again: it’s Linden Lab singular, not plural.

]]> By: Blue Mars Now Focusing On Mobile Market « Daniel Voyager's Blog /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-208304 Blue Mars Now Focusing On Mobile Market « Daniel Voyager's Blog Sun, 16 Jan 2011 01:18:48 +0000 /?p=2997#comment-208304 [...] The partial death and refocus of Blue Mars – Metaverse Journal [...] [...] The partial death and refocus of Blue Mars – Metaverse Journal [...]

]]> By: erudyte42 /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-208299 erudyte42 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:22:00 +0000 /?p=2997#comment-208299 Lawrence: Isn't this just a perception is that there is a more attractive/larger business potential from the iOS (hand-held?) VW market ? Lawrence:

Isn’t this just a perception is that there is a more attractive/larger business potential from the iOS (hand-held?) VW market ?

]]> By: Vaneeesa Blaylock /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-208297 Vaneeesa Blaylock Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:03:00 +0000 /?p=2997#comment-208297 Very sad news. We are still hoping to do a performance there in May (who knows if they'll exist or in what form by May, but we'll give it a shot) http://vaneeesa.com/2011/01/06/vbcomultiverse-2011/ I have only very minimal poking around BM and no building there. It certainly looked pretty. But mostly I loved that somone other than LL was developing a VW grid architecture. Very sad news. We are still hoping to do a performance there in May (who knows if they’ll exist or in what form by May, but we’ll give it a shot)
http://vaneeesa.com/2011/01/06/vbcomultiverse-2011/

I have only very minimal poking around BM and no building there. It certainly looked pretty. But mostly I loved that somone other than LL was developing a VW grid architecture.

]]> By: Vaneeesa Blaylock /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-208298 Vaneeesa Blaylock Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:03:00 +0000 /?p=2997#comment-208298 Very sad news. We are still hoping to do a performance there in May (who knows if they'll exist or in what form by May, but we'll give it a shot) http://vaneeesa.com/2011/01/06/vbcomultiverse-2011/ I have only very minimal poking around BM and no building there. It certainly looked pretty. But mostly I loved that somone other than LL was developing a VW grid architecture. Very sad news. We are still hoping to do a performance there in May (who knows if they’ll exist or in what form by May, but we’ll give it a shot)
http://vaneeesa.com/2011/01/06/vbcomultiverse-2011/

I have only very minimal poking around BM and no building there. It certainly looked pretty. But mostly I loved that somone other than LL was developing a VW grid architecture.

]]> By: Eddi Haskell /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-208296 Eddi Haskell Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:48:00 +0000 /?p=2997#comment-208296 The Virtual World market is Second Life's right now. They will not have a graphically rich competitor breathing down their necks for crucial institutional, educational, and mainstream business investments. If Linden Labs can gain the business that is now evaluating Blue Mars, which includes according to some reports the huge U.S. Smithsonian Institution, they can regain momentum in the virtual world arena. It is also clear the Linden Lab's initial business model for Second Life -- let the users handle development, keep things as open as possible in terms of building and scripting, and minimal if any enforcement of internal content -- actually makes sense considering that large-scale professional content development, sales, and maintenance is very expensive. Whether or not they can become a serious commercial or educational platform is still to be decided, but doubtful given Second Life's current rendition. The Virtual World market is Second Life’s right now. They will not have a graphically rich competitor breathing down their necks for crucial institutional, educational, and mainstream business investments. If Linden Labs can gain the business that is now evaluating Blue Mars, which includes according to some reports the huge U.S. Smithsonian Institution, they can regain momentum in the virtual world arena.

It is also clear the Linden Lab’s initial business model for Second Life — let the users handle development, keep things as open as possible in terms of building and scripting, and minimal if any enforcement of internal content — actually makes sense considering that large-scale professional content development, sales, and maintenance is very expensive. Whether or not they can become a serious commercial or educational platform is still to be decided, but doubtful given Second Life’s current rendition.

]]> By: GenD /2011/01/15/the-partial-death-and-refocus-of-blue-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-208295 GenD Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:53:00 +0000 /?p=2997#comment-208295 I have been a regular user of Blue Mars and had been learning and helping with content creation for it. The few people who did use or visit BM could see the issues. Most people wanted BM to be something that the developers never seemed to understand or intend it to be. Its failure seemed all to predictable. I think AR was probably just too small to make it into something people wanted. Now they are making it into something else. Good luck too them, but it is not the Blue Mars I wanted it to be. I have been a regular user of Blue Mars and had been learning and helping with content creation for it. The few people who did use or visit BM could see the issues. Most people wanted BM to be something that the developers never seemed to understand or intend it to be. Its failure seemed all to predictable. I think AR was probably just too small to make it into something people wanted. Now they are making it into something else. Good luck too them, but it is not the Blue Mars I wanted it to be.

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