What?! Virtual Worlds for Older People?
Posted on June 10th, 2008 | by Igor Kotlyar |Most virtual worlds are aimed at kids and young people (for example, check out Ravi Mehta’s excellent blog), and there is plenty of skepticism out there about people over 30, let alone over 40, using virtual worlds.
Yes, it’s true that folks like me, a 40-something over-the-hill oldie, have little interest in playing games designed for children. While my kids love Webkinz, i personally prefer to do just about anything else … even watch Oprah if i have to.
The thing is, me and the other old folks like me are not actually against having fun or doing cool things … It’s just has be be fun for us.
I think my generation would gladly embrace virtual worlds that are built to match our interests and enhance websites that we actually use … online dating is definitely one of them.
One Response to “What?! Virtual Worlds for Older People?”
By MMMomma on Aug 25, 2008 | Reply
Online dating is a great market and always looking for new ways for people to interact. Anonymous phone chat works great, but web cams people shy away from. Basically there are different age groups that are comfortable with different features. I think the avatars might be for a younger market but I would have to test this really to find out.