EDUCEDGE,

Jeremy Kemp generously informed the SLED community on July 11, 2008 that he received inside info on Lively. Here is the link to his interview with ASU EdTec Sandra Andrews:
http://amazon.sjsu.edu/html-jkemp/SandraA_ASU_Lively.mp3

In this 30-minute interview she outlines general features, strengths and weaknesses of Lively as a teaching and learning tool and just a few hints on what’s next.

Other links of her projects:
http://whatscool.asu.edu
http://beta.asu.edu/myworld
http://alti.asu.edu

Some more background on this:
There were early rumors of this work in September:
http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2007/09/google-testing-.html

Also related: Google Sketchup models were rezzed in Multiverse in October: http://tinyurl.com/2fl88b

And don’t forget the Linden Lab CEO/CTO gave a bare-all demo on Google campus back in March ‘06:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5182759758975402950

More mock up of what a 3D gadget MIGHT be like:
http://googledesktopapis.blogspot.com/2008/07/gadgets-in-another-dimension.html

Also among the Google goodies, lively connection via cellphone (new cellphone OS: http://code.google.com/android