At the end of 2007, I started making the usual futile predictions about what would happen in the year ahead. You can see them here in the context of a presentation entitled, “The Avatar Age”, but briefly they were:

1.  Social networks will become avatarized

2.  Virtual worlds will incorporate more social network features

3.  Television tie-ins for virtual worlds will proliferate

My final prediction, which I didn’t include in the deck, was that the world would write Second Life off as DOA because the media hype had quieted, but that the world would continue to grow and that there would be a surge in use from businesses.

I’d give myself a solid B for my efforts (I’d say I got #’s 1, 2 and 4 correct and 3 wrong), but I’d like to hear what others think along with examples that prove or disprove each.

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