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...hosted services and communities of Web 2.0 already amount to an entirely new form of communication. But now a new site called 3DVIA.com is taking the social-networking concept to another dimension - both literally and, well, virtually. Instead of FunWalls and Scrabulous games, users of 3DVIA generate three-dimensional simulations of everyday objects using professional-grade 3D modeling software. Its designers say their software could eventually allow Web 2.0 users to construct their own virtual worlds - and invite friends in for a visit...
...3DVIA is currently a free site, but eventually Dassault will look for revenue streams. It may, for instance, charge manufacturers if their brands and products are used as models or in user-generated games. "They'll be happy to contribute if they know they're going to get brand awareness and brand placement in some of these virtual worlds," Wilson says. It could also sell or license premium content to users...
...Analyst Shepherd is skeptical; he doubts there are enough consumers who want to play with 3D software to make the site a success. "It sounds very niche," he says. But even if only a small percentage of the countless millions of webizens now attracted to Web 2.0 are ready to play in a new dimension, they could still give 3DVIA a healthy user base. For Dassault, niche may be enough...
...comment on the recent deal. Manhattan Media, which owns a number of local New York newspapers like the New York Press, also plans to revamp its newly acquired publication as an instrument for social networking and event sponsorship. “We intend to build a social networking Web site for alumni to stay connected,” Allon said. “We hope it will offer a variety of services different from those of Facebook.” The magazine has a circulation of roughly 100,000 readers. It is distributed free of charge to Harvard alumni...
...Once Friend Connect is up and running on blogs, however, we'll be able to go to a page and choose from thousands of applications, and add them, free, to our site. (Here's a list of some of the applications. As Friend Connect grows, expect the list of applications to explode; Google, like Facebook before it, is trying to create a "platform" for developers to make money by reaching an audience of millions...