Be who you want on the web pages you visit

Be who you want on the web pages you visit

通过Lively在你去的网站上展示真实的自我

7/08/2008 02:02:00 PM

Posted by Niniane Wang, Engineering Manager


A while ago, I looked around the social web and wished that it could be less static. Sure, you can leave a comment on a blog or write a text blurb on your social networking profile. But what if you want to express yourself in a more fun way, with 3D graphics and real-time avatar interactions? I started asking this question as a 20% project, and I'm excited to announce today's release of Lively by Google - a 3D virtual experience that is the newest addition to Google Labs.
不久前我在一个社交型网站上闲逛，当时在想要是网站做的不这么沉寂该多好啊，你可以在blog上进行评论或者在社交型网络的个人资料里大肆吹嘘一番。但是你想过用一种更有意思的方式表达自己没有，在三维空间里通过虚拟形象的实时互动？我把解决这一问题作为自己的20%的项目。今天高兴的宣布google实验室的新成员Lively，一款三维虚拟社区游戏，正式上线。
The Lively team wants to help people experience another dimension of the web. We hope you will use the product to express yourself with and without words, and to do this in the places you already visit on the web.
Lively的开发小组乐于帮助人们感受网络的第三维。我们希望你能通过Lively在这里和你常去的一些网站上，更好的表达自己，用语言或者虚拟形象的动作。
If you enter a Lively room embedded on your favorite blog or website, you can immediately get a sense of the room creator's interests, just by looking at the furniture and environment they chose. You can also express your own personality by customizing your avatar's look, showing people who you are without having to say a word. Of course, you can chat with each other, and you can also interact through animated actions. In our user research, we’ve been amazed at how much more poignant it is to receive an animated hug than seeing the text “[[hug]]”.
如果你进入一个嵌在网站或者是博客上的房间，只消看看他们选择的家具和环境你一下子就会了解到房间主人的兴趣爱好。你也可 以通过打扮你的虚拟形象展示你的个人性格，不用说一句话就可以告诉别人你是谁。当然你还可以和别人聊天，也可以进行一些互动。我们在用户调查中惊奇的发现看到一个动画中的拥抱比干巴巴的拥抱两个字更令人感到心酸。
Prior to this release, we worked closely with Arizona State University. Based on feedback from ASU students and with help from the Google Desktop team, we added support for playing YouTube videos in virtual TVs and showing photos in virtual picture frames inside our rooms. Better yet, the gadgets you have in your Lively rooms can also run on your desktop.
正式发布之前我们和亚利桑那州立大学密切合作。根据亚利桑那州立大学学生提供的反馈信息，在google桌面小组的帮助下我们加入了在房间里的虚拟电视上播放youtube视频，在虚拟相框里展示照片的功能。更好的是Lively房间里的插件都可以在google桌面上运行。
To learn more about Lively, please visit www.lively.com. We’re eager to hear your feedback. Maybe we'll bump into you in one of our rooms!