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July 8, 2008
Google Lively: Comprehensive Guide to Getting Started
Second Life, get a life. Google Lively is the new virtual world created by the world's largest search engine.
Google Lively is billed as a "chat experience" using avatars. Google says, "You're about to embark on a chat experience in which you can communicate and express yourself using avatars in your very own space. Choose an avatar and use it to make friends and chat. Create rooms, decorate them to your liking, and make sure to invite your friends over."
Here's how it works:
Choose a Google Lively room
* From the Room List, click the title of the room you'd like to visit first.
* Use the tabs at the top of the page to sort rooms by most popular, most visitors, or newest.
* Once you've added friends or created a room, the My Rooms and Friends' Rooms tabs will also be handy.
Choose your Google Lively avatar
1. Click My Avatar on the right sidebar.
2. Click the avatar you like and choose Select Avatar (your avatar changes instantly).
3. Once you've chosen the one you want, click the X to hide the menu.
Change your Google Lively avatar's clothing
To change your outfit, check out the styles available in the wardrobe picker. Here's how:
1. Click My Wardrobe on the right sidebar to open your wardrobe.
2. Browse or search the options in your wardrobe inventory and select items to wear. When you double-click an item, it'll appear on your avatar instantly. You don't have to close the window to find out if you like the look.
If you don't like how something looks on your avatar, go back to your wardrobe, left-click on the item, and choose Remove Item.
If you want more wardrobe options, add new stuff to your inventory by o quickly change your entire outfit, click my avatar and choose I'm Feeling Lucky . You'll see the new duds on your avatar instantly.
Create your own Google Lively room
1. Click new room and choose Create New Room to start the process.
2. Look over each tab and choose what you want your room to look like, the permissions you want to grant visitors, and whether you'd like to play music in your room.
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Comments
Second Life > Lively.
This looks like competition for IMVU, if anything.
Posted by: Mike at July 8, 2008 7:08 PM
surprisingly cheap looking for a company like Google
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Posted by: richwhite at July 8, 2008 7:10 PM
Wow! Sounds like fun! Downloading now. Wonder if I can bring my SL av over?
Someday they will all be combined, I am sure of it.
KK
Posted by: Karen Kay at July 8, 2008 7:24 PM
WTF Google...pc only? Make it open source so all the people can play after the geeks get their hands on it.
Posted by: Xanthia at July 8, 2008 10:27 PM
time to waste more time!
Posted by: bob at July 9, 2008 3:10 AM
Should be fun to play around in. I'm sure Google will port it over to other platforms soon. Would be silly not too!
I'll have to setup a room for all those old school gamers out there ;-)
Posted by: Omni at July 9, 2008 11:32 AM
This is not even close to being competition for Second Life. I tried to play for two hours this morning. It took almost a half hour for the room to materialize and once it did, I still couldn't change my avatar or it's clothes. NOthing work, including new rooms or any of the options. I probably won't try it again.
Posted by: Aree at July 9, 2008 2:15 PM
Is this a joke? This is the second time I have seen someone compare Google's Lively to Second Life. Obviously they have never tried either one. Lively is little more than animated chat rooms and the animation is cheesy at best. The user interface is awakward, the avatars are cartoonish to say the least, and the whole place seems be be filled with 12 year old adolescent boys. I would expect more from Google.
Posted by: Tonda at July 9, 2008 10:27 PM
Thanks for the guide. It took me a while to understand, but after a few minutes I got it. The biggest question now is which online marketers will benefit from building a Lively room and how?
Posted by: clifinar at July 11, 2008 11:29 AM
I am having trouble with it all.
I can not find the right side bar, I click on the avatar i want, and shop for clothes and furniture for them. I have chosen the room. Then from there I can't get any where. Please will you help
Thank you
tracey
Posted by: tracey hitchen at July 11, 2008 2:24 PM
