Comments on: The 4C’s of 3D’s: How to Succeed with Virtual Worlds http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-4c%25e2%2580%2599s-of-3d%25e2%2580%2599s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds making money in the metaverse Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:20:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: fcukdogers http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-6176 fcukdogers Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:32:00 +0000 http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/#comment-6176 Anybody have advice on how to get ahead on Red Light Center, it seems like a different strategy is needed. Fun MMO if you want to get your freak on... there's a review here. Anybody have advice on how to get ahead on Red Light Center, it seems like a different strategy is needed. Fun MMO if you want to get your freak on… there’s a review here.

]]> By: Virtual World News: OpenSim Development: Show Me the Money! http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-2495 Virtual World News: OpenSim Development: Show Me the Money! Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:15:25 +0000 http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/#comment-2495 [...] the recent article The 4C’s of 3D’s, one of the suggested key factors for success in a virtual world is the ability to handle Commerce, [...] [...] the recent article The 4C’s of 3D’s, one of the suggested key factors for success in a virtual world is the ability to handle Commerce, [...]

]]> By: Sigmund Leominster http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-2413 Sigmund Leominster Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:41:27 +0000 http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/#comment-2413 Postscript: 21st September, 2008 -------------------------------- Just a couple of weeks after the publication of this article, I got the nagging suspicion that my 4C's reminded me of something similar that I had read some years ago. After a little thinking, I took a copy of Margaret Thatcher's "Statecraft" off my shelf. There, in the chapter on "Capitalism and its Critics," I came across her discussion of the five conditions necessary for a free-enterprise economy to thrive: Private Property; Rule of Law, an Enterprise-friendly Culture, a Diversity of Independent and Competing Countries, and a Framework of Taxation and Regulation. Although not exactly the same, it doesn't take much thinking to see parallels. For "competing countries" read "competing businesses" and for "taxation and regulation" read "premiums, transaction fees, and tier fees." Essentially, the Second Life(TM) environment needs to operate like a free-enterprise culture to succeed. As do any virtual worlds. Of course, for many people, they see virtual worlds as "just a game," but even they get hooked into buying "things," giving tips, buying Linden(R) dollars, and so on. It's also interesting that I was drawn back to a book entitled "Strategies for a Changing World." I guess that could have been a sub-title for this very article! Reference: Thatcher, M. (2002). Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World. HarperCollins Publishers: London. Postscript: 21st September, 2008
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Just a couple of weeks after the publication of this article, I got the nagging suspicion that my 4C’s reminded me of something similar that I had read some years ago. After a little thinking, I took a copy of Margaret Thatcher’s “Statecraft” off my shelf.

There, in the chapter on “Capitalism and its Critics,” I came across her discussion of the five conditions necessary for a free-enterprise economy to thrive: Private Property; Rule of Law, an Enterprise-friendly Culture, a Diversity of Independent and Competing Countries, and a Framework of Taxation and Regulation.

Although not exactly the same, it doesn’t take much thinking to see parallels. For “competing countries” read “competing businesses” and for “taxation and regulation” read “premiums, transaction fees, and tier fees.”

Essentially, the Second Life(TM) environment needs to operate like a free-enterprise culture to succeed. As do any virtual worlds. Of course, for many people, they see virtual worlds as “just a game,” but even they get hooked into buying “things,” giving tips, buying Linden(R) dollars, and so on.

It’s also interesting that I was drawn back to a book entitled “Strategies for a Changing World.” I guess that could have been a sub-title for this very article!

Reference: Thatcher, M. (2002). Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World. HarperCollins Publishers: London.

]]> By: Yesha Sivan http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-2171 Yesha Sivan Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:28:50 +0000 http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/#comment-2171 you may want to check this paper: http://www.dryesha.com/2008/04/paper-that-define-of-real-virtual.html more like 3d3c and the integration of them. very close. --Yesha you may want to check this paper:
http://www.dryesha.com/2008/04/paper-that-define-of-real-virtual.html

more like 3d3c and the integration of them. very close.

–Yesha

]]> By: cube3 http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 cube3 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:48:29 +0000 http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/#comment-2138 hmm.. only 3 C'c .....:) Cube3 hmm..

only 3 C’c …..:)

Cube3

]]> By: The 4C’s of 3D’s: How to Succeed in Virtual Worlds « SL© on SL™ Redux http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-1970 The 4C’s of 3D’s: How to Succeed in Virtual Worlds « SL© on SL™ Redux Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:22:21 +0000 http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/#comment-1970 [...] like a book waiting to be written because each element could easily be expanded upon. So check out The 4C’s of 3D’s: How to Succeed in Virtual Worlds at the SLentrepreneur [...] [...] like a book waiting to be written because each element could easily be expanded upon. So check out The 4C’s of 3D’s: How to Succeed in Virtual Worlds at the SLentrepreneur [...]

]]> By: Business blog » Blog Archive » The 4C’s of 3D’s: How to Succeed with Virtual Worlds http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-1949 Business blog » Blog Archive » The 4C’s of 3D’s: How to Succeed with Virtual Worlds Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:26:12 +0000 http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/#comment-1949 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...]

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]]> By: The 4C’s of 3D’s: How to Succeed with Virtual Worlds http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-1938 The 4C’s of 3D’s: How to Succeed with Virtual Worlds Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:02:55 +0000 http://www.slentre.com/the-4c%e2%80%99s-of-3d%e2%80%99s-how-to-succeed-with-virtual-worlds/#comment-1938 [...] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOp-Ed by Sigmund Leominster, News Editor Most commentators on virtual worlds are still happy to use the words “infancy,” “early stages,” “developing” and “growth period.” The concept of online interactions is as old as the bulletin board, the first public version of which is typically cited as the Computerized Bulletin Board System of Chicago, developed by Ward Christensen and Randy Seuss. The story goes that in an effort to cope with the frozen Illinois winters, Ward and Randy holed themselve [...] [...] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOp-Ed by Sigmund Leominster, News Editor Most commentators on virtual worlds are still happy to use the words “infancy,” “early stages,” “developing” and “growth period.” The concept of online interactions is as old as the bulletin board, the first public version of which is typically cited as the Computerized Bulletin Board System of Chicago, developed by Ward Christensen and Randy Seuss. The story goes that in an effort to cope with the frozen Illinois winters, Ward and Randy holed themselve [...]

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