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Search Enter keywords, a title or a report id number below. In All Categories --------------------- Telecom & Computing Business & Finance Mfg & Construction Pharma & Healthcare Consumer & Retail Gov & Public Sector Energy & Transport Country Reports Company Reports --------------------- Transcripts Advanced      Select a currency for use throughout the site Australia Dollars Canada Dollars Euro Japan Yen Sweden Kroner Switzerland Francs UK Pounds US Dollars Viewing report Order by Fax Printer Friendly Send to Friend Enquire before Buying Electronic   Virtual Worlds and Web 3.0: Examined, Compared, Analyzed In-Stat/MDR, Oct 2008, Pages: 58   Description     Table of Contents     Companies Mentioned        Enquire before Buying    Send to a Friend   Virtual worlds are online, computer-generated simulations of life-like or fantasy environments where users guide their “avatar,” or digital representation of their physical selves, to accomplish various goals. Typical virtual world activities include meeting and socializing with other avatars, buying and selling virtual items, playing games, and creating and decorating virtual homes and properties. Within the context of the evolution of the Internet from Web 1.0 to Web 3.0, Virtual worlds—especially the 3D kinds—are classified under the Web 3.0 category because of their profound ability to integrate multiple types of content, information sources, and feeds into one highly engaging and interactive format. In addition to Web 3.0 applicability, the author has identified nine other critical components of virtual worlds, including user-generated content, social networking, virtual items, an economy, and business integration, to name a few. The author then rated each virtual world company according to these ten components. All ten platforms scored the maximum points possible in the social networking category, which emerges as the one critical element to virtual worlds. Virtual world companies earn close to 90% of their revenue from the sale of virtual items, currency, land, and fees associated with these items. Total registered users of virtual worlds are expected to exceed 1 billion and total revenue is expected to exceed US$3 billion by 2012. Customers who bought this item also bought Virtual Worlds and the 3D Web Global - Digital Media - Virtual Worlds Kids and Teens: Virtual Worlds Open New Universe Mega-Trend N?8 - Inner Outer Worlds Danone: The Worlds Biggest Functional Dairy Company Forecourt Innovations Profile: Catalysing Automotive Lpg Use: Lessons To Be Learnt From The Worlds Leading Autogas Markets The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Merging the Internet and the Cellular Worlds WiMAX Takes Center Stage in the Push to Fuse the Fixed and Mobile Broadband Worlds

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