Virtual Worlds Forum

My Japanese language skills aren't what they should be (i.e. I can't read a word), so I can't say much about this story on the TokyoZERO website. However, the images should be enough to give you an idea: they appear to show a full Second Life browser running on one of Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo's FOMA handsets. Meanwhile, the diagram indicates Sun's involvement. It certainly looks exciting, and mobility was one of the areas touched on at the conference last week - albeit with several speakers seeming doubtful about the likelihood of getting full access to virtual worlds on your mobile phone. Sun, which is behind the J2ME mobile platform, could be the company needed to make it happen, although there remain questions about what exactly users would want to do within a world like Second Life from their handsets, and how the client should be adapted to match those expectations. TokyoZERO Second Life mobile browser (via a comment on New World Notes)