Startup Idea #5: More than just words…
Posted by Terry at 6:01 PMI’ve been holding this one to myself, selfishly thinking I might develop it; but as with everything I’ve posted on here, I simply don’t have time.
A little background: Things are moving towards 3D and virtual environments. Recently Google released Lively, it’s 3D hosted “virtual spaces”. As TechCrunch noted a little while back, there are a lot of virtual worlds coming out right now and they’re hot. This brought me to the question “What is the next iteration in web pages?” and I think the result is going to be the web turning into a virtual reality.
Which brings us to the idea: a 3D world web browser, where sites are accessible by domain, IP, etc. (no need to reinvent the basics). For example, the Apple store could be an actual store with Apple Geniuses in it for assistance and the website for a library could be an actual library.
It needs to be simple to get any adoption so I think you should be able to create content based on basic rooms, textures, etc. and brought together with a simple XML file. It should be a completely distributed client and server architecture, just like web browsers now. Create a server that serves up content and a browser that is able to connect to said server.
Finally, you can make money on this by designing content or doing initial hosting for people or both.
There are a lot of possibilities for making money and a lot of potential for the application overall.
As always, thanks for reading.