In amongst the daily tasks of business, I have a singular goal: to fit consumer virtual worlds in the palm of your hand.
That is the challenge. Virtual world should not just mean massive and multiplayer. That is the question. Can you boil the essence of virtual worlds down to something light and small, and still preserve, if not enhance, the value?
The essence to me has never been about 3D visualization. It has always been about human communication.
A fundamental test for us, and this whole industry, is the power of avatar to avatar communication. I believe that human psychology and culture makes us steer clear of audio and video interaction as a broad form of communication with strangers and casual acquaintances (that might change generationally, but not quickly). Avatar communication has the potential to change that, and this potential defines the potential of our fledgling industry. The other market test is human desire for realtime communication, in addition to asynchronous modes.
I’ve written this before, and will say it again: we have to get the technology out of the way. We have to lead with purpose and simplicity. That is the task. That is the challenge.
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自我控制
在日常的的工作业务中，我有一个独特的目标：去开创一种由消费者自己控制的虚拟世界。
这是一种挑战，虚拟世界应该不仅仅意味着大型的多玩家的游戏。这是一个问题，你能把虚拟世界的精髓演变成容易的、小型的、即使不能提高其价值也要保持其价值的一种网络互动吗？
对我而言，这种精髓永远不会和3D视图相关。他始终要以人际交流为中心。
对于我们和整个的虚拟产业而言，一个根本性的测验就是虚拟化交流的力量。我相信人类心理和人类文化让我们把语音和视频交流作为和陌生人和偶遇的熟人进行交流的大平台（可能代代更新，但是不会很快）。虚拟交流有改变的潜力，这种潜力揭示了我们这个新兴产业发展的潜力。另外的市场测验是人类即时交流和异步形式交流的需要。
这样的相关内容我以前写过，但还是要再次把他说出来：我们必须和虚拟技术保持一定的距离，由理智和单纯指引着我们前进。这将是任务也是挑战。