3D web

Ever had one of those moments when you try something for the first time and you think to yourself that might have just experienced something that is going to have a huge impact on society? They don’t happen often, because things like that just don’t come along everyday. But I think I might just have had that feeling when I downloaded and installed ExitReality, a piece of software that turns the web into a virtual 3D world and lets you roam about it using an avatar.   

Now we’ve had the likes of Second Life for a while, but this goes an extra mile (possibly thousands) and allows you to experience the web that’s out there now in 3D and what’s more – you can easily customise your own site for other visitors to enjoy. Founded and developed by Danny Stefanic, ExitReality turns standard webpages into virtual hang outs, for example if you visit YouTube it’s like being in a giant theatre.  It also allows you to interact with other visitors through your avatar thanks to a messaging function and a series of gestures.   

MyTake – Go and try this, you won’t regret it. It’s a small 3.5MB download that’s loaded up very quickly. I found it a little bit clunky and the load-times for pages are obviously not as quite as it would be if you were surfing the web normally. But that said, the experience was amazing and as they say in the movies, this could be the start of something special.