Gartner, of the famous Hype Cycle, released news out of their Gartner Symposium/ITExpo:2007 going on through tomorrow, that they are predicting 80% of active Internet uses will have some kind of a second life in a virtual world by 2011....
Tech consultancy Gartner, whose “Hype Cycle” has been used to gauge Second Life adoption, thinks that 80 percent of active Internet users will be in non-gaming virtual worlds like Second Life by the end of 2011 — a huge increase from current levels.
Kevin Dugan asked my opinion about where Second Life tracks on Gartner’s Hype Cycle. In his post on the topic he targets Second Life at the down slope of “Peak of Inflated Expectations.” Before I bite on Kevin’s friendly bait,...
Where does SL fall on Gartner Group's Hype Cycle -- a look beyond the media and malcontents.
