●グーグルがセカンドライフの競合サービスを開発中の噂

　グーグルがアバタ－やセカンドライフ型の仮想メタバース・サービスに興味があると言う噂は過去にもありました。今回もそれに関する記事が出ています。なんでも中国で開発中と言う話です。

▼Google Metaverse、made in China

http://gigaom.com/2007/01/26/google-metaverse-made-in-china/

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What’s new is that Eisenberg heard about this from an academic source, and Google has been rumored5 to buy an in-gaming advertising company called, AdScape. We have been trying to dig up information on the Google Metaverse for a while now, and have had some modest luck. For instance, our sources in China say that Google has teamed up with a Chinese company to develop the “virtual people” or avatars, while an internal team develops the virtual world internally.
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　日本ナレッジマネジメント学会　専務理事　山崎秀夫