This Virtual Worlds News blog post explains that with Metachat now on MySpace: “The simple application lets users chat, watch movies together, kick soccer balls, and throw snowballs, but it’s also a sign of bigger things to come. . . .” It seems like Howard Rheingold’s original observation (in his Smart Mobs book) of young people interacting near Shibuya station, is an epiphany now striking observers of virtual worlds. I am going to learn more next week by attending Virtual Worlds 2008 in New York City. I don’t know if there will be epiphanies, but there should be at the least some new glimpses of the smart mobby future.

This Virtual Worlds News blog post explains that with Metachat now on MySpace: “The simple application lets users chat, watch movies together, kick soccer balls, and throw snowballs, but it’s also a sign of bigger things to come. . . .” It seems like Howard Rheingold’s original observation (in his Smart Mobs book) of young [...]