August 21, 2007
A New Competitor to Second Life
Kaneva, a new virtual world, is piquing the interest of educators. Its developers appear to be promoting the 3D world as a hipper version of Second Life, a cross between Facebook and a virtual world for young adults who want to keep up with friends and swap photos. Nick Wilson, editor of the blog Metaversed, gives Kaneva a glowing review.
“The creativity and community building going on inworld is just far more advanced than you may think,” he writes.
But with Kaneva usually attracting only about 500 users at a time, some educators say it seems empty. And unlike in Second Life, where people can build things free, Kaneva users have to buy building blocks to create objects.
Will Kaneva rival Second Life in popularity? — Andrea L. Foster
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So it’s the Sims meets myspace?
— Joel Aug 21, 03:41 PM #
Creative expression takes on many different forms.
William Kritsonis, PhD
Professor
PhD Program in Educational Leadership
Prairie View A&M University
Member of the Texas A&M University System
— William Allan Kritsonis, PhD Aug 22, 08:40 AM #
I think I still prefer creative expression where one doesn’t have to pay others for the privilege of expressing oneself.
— Paul Aug 22, 09:49 AM #
if Sl could get these kind of graphiics flowing in there grids, kaneva would not even be an issue.
— robomarx Aug 23, 09:41 AM #
“Will Kaneva rival Second Life in popularity?”
IDK, after you’ve bought stuff to build in Kaneva, can you sell it? What are the costs? How does the minimum hardware requirments compare? Do you get to keep IP rights to your creations, as you do in SL? How often does it crash? Promo videos aside how do they compare side by side?
— Damian Poirier Aug 30, 11:15 AM #