Agreed, I think we've been seeing a slight preview of this. The recent google acquisition of lively was what brought the whole concept of virtual worlds to my

Agreed, I think we've been seeing a slight preview of this. The recent google acquisition of lively was what brought the whole concept of virtual worlds to my attention. I'm sure that platform will serve as a testground for some ideas. I also think that possibly social networking will move into this space as well (think friends meeting up in virtual spaces) and advertising will definitely follow.