Interoperability For World Of Warcraft And Others Sought
by Darren
October 12, 2007 – 1:01 pmInteroperability has done a great job of improving tech industries before, so now the biggest companies in the tech industry are discussing ways to make it happen in virtual world’s.
Unfortunately for those who like that notion of interoperability, it’s not going to be happening just yet. But a group of representatives from some of the biggest and most powerful technology companies on earth–including IBM, Cisco Systems, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Google and Sony, as well as from leading virtual-world developers like Second Life publisher Linden Lab, the Multiverse Network, Mindark and others–is hoping to change that in the not too distant future.
The first really public shot in this battle was fired Wednesday when Linden Lab and IBM announced their intention to work toward a day when virtual-world users can port a single virtual identity from one service to another.
It sounds like a reasonable idea, but there is no progress towards interoperability being achieved yet.
Do you think it’s a good idea?
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