3D Internet Will Change How We Live

Great opinion piece in today's Wall Street Journal that you MUST see!

Highlights...

Virtual worlds may look like toys for the geekiest of geeks, but they have quietly slipped into the mainstream.

$345 million was invested in 39 virtual world-related companies in the first half of 2008. Last year, Gartner Research predicted that 80% of all active Internet users will have a virtual-world presence by 2011.

What auto maker would be content to put 2D pictures of a new SUV on its Web site when it can offer buyers a virtual, first-person drive down a snowy mountain road? What sculptor will want to display 2D photographs of her work when she can invite collectors on a guided tour of her virtual sculpture garden?

The Internet will evolve into a 3D space, and virtual worlds will become an integral part of human communication. Real life will never be the same.