Monday, September 15, 2008
The Chinese Second Life
Virtual World News "China Telecom and Shenzhou Hengji Network" 9/15/08
China Telecom is not the first company to produce a virtual community in China. Other companies like Sunny multimedia have launched 3D communities of their own, but the Chinese have not shown great enthusiasm for 3D virtual worlds. Shenzhou and China Telecom expect it will take a long time for ChinaQ to gain a similar level of popularity as Second Life but, they believe the Chinese characteristics will bring more attention to the community and it's open design.
"I am my body to the extent that I am,'' we are anchored to our identities and defined by it in the physical world. The ChinaQ community was jointly developed by China Telecom and Shenzhou Hengji Network. Shenzhou Hengji primarily provides the technology while China Telecom is responsible for its operation. ChinaQ is much similar to the Second Life virtual community, however "ChinaQ provides free "land" to subscribers, while Second Life does not."
China Telecom is not the first company to produce a virtual community in China. Other companies like Sunny multimedia have launched 3D communities of their own, but the Chinese have not shown great enthusiasm for 3D virtual worlds. Shenzhou and China Telecom expect it will take a long time for ChinaQ to gain a similar level of popularity as Second Life but, they believe the Chinese characteristics will bring more attention to the community and it's open design.
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Second Life may be the most popular and famous of the virtual worlds but there are many other competitors entering the market. China Telecom is a major player and ChinaQ will be easier to control than Second Life which has been a bit of a problem for the Chinese Government.
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