i saw this post on Capsule Computers - Virtual Second Life Company Attempts Crowd-funding - and agree that it is a strange crowdsource funding project
basically, Nintai Brokerage Corporation wants to keep their presence in Second Life and is looking for $5,000 and claims that they teach people how to play the stock market (ah, that explains the world markets of late!) =p
i have pondered that for our Enclave Harbour (sounds dumb though) and also for a 3D avatar printing service (post sitting in draft mode getting dusty). Maria at Hypergrid Business has talked about crowd funding a WebGL viewer (that seems like a great idea) =)
thanks Caleb Langkamp for reporting on this!
image from their indiegogo project page
I must see the world differently.
Crowd sourcing is, to me, that guy raising money for the Nicola Tesla museum, an indie developer with a new idea, a group to develop a new input method for people with disabilities, or building a Virtual World for capturing imaginations and Educating kids
But this?
Its like a billionaire crowd-sourcing for a 120 yacht because they are running a bit short and can only afford the 80 foot yacht, because…times are tough.
Hopefully this example will raise as much as the yacht buyer would get.
Breen Whitman
18 Oct 12 at 1:15 am
i have a similar perspective Breen. the thought of this for Enclave Harbour crossed my mind but because it is ultimately to support sales of a workbook, it doesn’t seem like the right thing
now if we were developing a set of science sims for use in schools that was directly tied to life, earth, and physical science (or grades 7,8, & 9) – then maybe . . .
i guess in that way it’s a bit like applying for traditional grants
Ener Hax
18 Oct 12 at 7:29 am