Google blew my mind once again.
If you haven’t played around with it: Google Experimental
Now imagine these features refined over the next five years.
Wowza.
Which brings me to my latest sci-fi dream.
What do you get when you take the real world representation that exists on Google Earth and add the virtual reality functions of Second Life?
Web 3.D: It would truly be organizing the world’s information. Want to know about a place, organization, person? Just go to the virtual version of their house/place of business, etc. Then — add the Google Experimental features and you can find out the timeline and more.
Trips to the post office will never be easier. Don’t wait there. Hop on to Google earth, portal down there, and order stamps.
Second Life has this potential — except their world doesn’t truly mimic the real world. It’s a fantasy where representations of the real world can opt in (with enough money).
How would a Google Earth Life interface work? What would the business model/ramifications be?
Plenty of ways to geek out over this one in my mind.