Great book. I just want to say what a fantastic thing you are doing! Good luck!

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I may have been imprecise here so I’ll clarify. By “interface,” I’m only referring to my tools for interacting with the world, not the way the world presents itself to me (which I think There does do really well). I find the interface tools themselves in There inferior basically across the board, though I have to concede your point that Second Life’s tools have such an incredibly steep learning curve that they are borderline inaccessible for many users.

There is generally regarded as having very good social interaction design. Its interface is far simpler and less flexible than SL’s, but we shouldn’t be blinded, as powerusers, by the flexibility — it’s also complex and a huge barrier for many users.

In terms of graphics — both are dated, really, but a fixation on graphics is a mistake. In terms of overall experience, There is more consistent, and that counts for something too. Arguably, both of them, by requiring hardware acceleration, aimed too hig hat initial release.