Nu Vibez and Roleplay Guide Magazine - February 2014 | Page 40

An Open Le er to the Lindens, Hypergrid Business Report - p4

eBay, to become Hotmail and Geoci es and
Blogger. Not saying that it would have, but it at
least would have had the chance.

Is Linden Lab prepared for new kinds of
compe tors?

But I guess AOL didn’t think that the Web
would grow the way it did, or that it provided a
more compelling experience. And, sure, AOL
did have a lot of stuff all in one place — it had
shopping, search, email, instant messaging,
forums, news, sports. No one other site comes
close, not even today. By thinking of itself as a
product, and comparing itself to individual
alterna ves, AOL missed the opportunity.

The ecosystem surrounding the Oculus Ri and
similar devices is expanding drama cally, with
millions in venture capital financing, recordbreaking Kickstarters and CES Best-of-Show
awards. Valve just announced an Oculus Ri compa ble virtual reality mode for its popular
Steam video game pla orm, and Utherverse,
best known for its adult-only vir X[