'Project X' to Blend Google Street View with Online Avatars

A virtual world has to be based in an imaginary setting, right? Wrong. An upcoming virtual world called Project X is likely to please those who find current virtual worlds too surreal or outre. Micazook, the start-up behind Project X, wants people to turn its virtual world into a replica of our planet piecemeal. It closely resembles Google Maps with Street View, save for the fact that users can interact with each other using 3D avatars.
Members can further bring Project X closer to the real thing by lending 10 to 15 minutes of their precious time in creating the buildings themselves – from building a virtual copy of your entire neighborhood to a famous local landmark. The developers want the users to contribute to Project X with the same zest as they display on other crowdsourced sites like Wikipedia. However, Micazook has every intention of profiting from its creation and to this end plans to impose a 30% levy on each virtual item sold. Furthermore, users will need to shell out $4.99 each month for each building they want to own.
As Project X is a browser-based virtual world, it requires a plug-in to deliver hardware-accelerated 3D graphics. It is due for a change of name before its beta launch a “few weeks” from now.

'Project X' to Blend Google Street View with Online Avatars | Maximum PC

 

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sounds fun and exciting but very similar to Gamer (2009)
hmmmmm could get messy.....maybe even set a new future of on-line policing

oh dear that hot chick Avatar from down the street turns out to be some fat spotty guy eeek.... just wrong lol

 

[Chase]

oh dear that hot chick Avatar from down the street turns out to be some fat spotty guy eeek.... just wrong lol

haha. That would not be cool.

 

[ripbox]

haha. That would not be cool.

haha no it wouldn't
and they say chat rooms and forums are dangerous for young people think this bring it to a whole new level
ive put my name down for beta testing but im not sure ill want to use it when it goes live to the public

 

[Chase]

haha. That would not be cool.

haha no it wouldn't
and they say chat rooms and forums are dangerous for young people think this bring it to a whole new level

Yeah. I suppose they would have to implement some type of filtration; such as the filters for bad language on some online games. Hm.. :huh: