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technology as well, including for vision therapy,
trea ng PTSD, virtual simula ons for training
health care prac oners, trea ng phobias, and
training amputees to use prosthe cs.
Right now, most of these applica ons are built
on top of Unity and other professional 3D
development engines, probably because right
now, only development kit versions of the
Oculus Ri are available. As the Oculus Ri gets
into consumer hands and as prices drop and
compe tors appear, the technology will
become more mainstream and more people
will be interested in crea ng their own virtual
environments, both for personal and business
use.
About Maria Korolov
Maria Korolov is editor and publisher of
Hypergrid Business. She has been a
journalist for more than twenty years and
has worked for the Chicago Tribune,
Reuters, and Computerworld and has
reported from over a dozen countries,
including Russia and China.
The company or group first out of the gate
stands a good chance of becoming the de-facto
standard for virtual worlds. It could be Apple or
Microso with a proprietary pla orm, or
Google with an open one, or an out-of-le -field
startup with something else en rely.
By teaming up with OpenSim, Linden Lab has
the opportunity to make its approach to the
metaverse the dominant one. A choice of
viewers, mul ple hos ng op ons at all price
levels, free do-it-yourself so ware, brandname recogni on, both proprietary and open
source server so ware and a ready-made
universe of worlds to explore would make the
Second Life-OpenSim metaverse a tough
combo to beat.
And Linden Lab, as the leading company in the
space, a force to be reckoned with.
Last updated by Maria Korolov at January 26,
2014.
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