"Better Search in Virtual Worlds"

"Second Life's new search tool helps users find 3-D objects."

"As Google's stock price can attest, good search engines are what make the Internet useful and entertaining. But in virtual worlds, which are made up of not text but 3-D renderings of people, places, and objects, the search problem is harder. Residents of Linden Lab's Second Life have long been able to perform large, general searches--for a listing of a Spanish-language event, for example, or for the location of a particular group. But while it was possible, with a little effort, to find a shoe store, there was no good way to locate a pair of red shoes. Since much of the entertainment value of virtual worlds lies in creating objects and trading them, that's been a frustrating limitation. But Linden Lab recently released a new search tool that begins to address the problem."

URL: http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19664/?nlid=661&a=f
Referred by: MIT Technology Review