Too old for an avatar?
| December 7, 2007 |  View for printing |
It's one of the most gaping generation gaps on the Internet: Those who "get" virtual worlds like "Second Life," where users interact in a make-believe, yet highly detailed, online environment, and those who think the whole concept is just strange.
But when discussion at the AlwaysOn Venture Summit Thursday turned to the virtual world phenomenon, Benchmark Capital partner Bill Gurley said the real problem is simply that "We're all getting old." Addressing a group of investors, many of whom are wizened enough to have been around for the Web 1.0 boom a decade ago, Gurley noted, "A number of people past the age of 37 are completely like your grandparents who got offended when they saw Elvis on TV shaking his hips."
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