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RCE Universe has some interesting notes from an interview with Lisa Rutherford of TwoFish from a conversation at Casual Connect Seattle.  TwoFish, RCE Universe reminds us, is supplying the in-development virtual world-creation platform Vastpark with a “plug’n'play economic engine that provides for real cash economy transactions, banking grade account management, advanced analytics, currency exchange and much more.”  The post highlights something I think of as a likely future trend with virtual law implications: currency systems on the 3D internet coming from third party providers.

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3 Responses to “TwoFish / Vastpark Update from RCE Universe”

  1. on 25 Jul 2008 at 1:54 pmMatt Mihaly


    The post highlights something I think of as a likely future trend with virtual law implications: currency systems on the 3D internet coming from third party providers.

    This statement puzzles me. What does 3d have to do with virtual currency systems specifically? They function precisely the same whether it’s 3d, 2d, text-only, etc.

    –matt

  2. on 25 Jul 2008 at 2:37 pmBenjamin Duranske

    I agree, Matt. That comment goes more to the lawyer side of VB’s readership than the developer side, and is just to point out that like the 2D web (PayPal, etc.) 3D environments are likely to eventually parcel out tasks like this (and attendant liability) rather than keeping them entirely within a private world provider’s portfolio.

  3. on 07 Aug 2008 at 3:20 pmcsven

    I asked Joe Linden today whether Linden Lab was going to provide a videogame/virtual world-straddling (micro) currency, but he either didn’t understand the question or he was evading it since he basically said LL had no interest in developing multiple currencies (which wasn’t the question). I like Joe, but suspect the latter.

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