Topics on Twitter: Virtual Worlds

Mike Shields of Mediaweek reports on new research from eMarketer that suggests more than half of the kids who use the Internet will be regular visitors to virtual worlds in just four years:

>> Virtual worlds -- game-like Web environments where users can create avatars, visit fantasy world and interact with other users -- have become particularly popular among young children. Currently, eMarketer estimates that there are 6 million kids age 3-11 who visit virtual worlds at least once a month, representing 37 percent of that Web demographic. By 2012, there will be 8.7 million kids 3-11 using virtual worlds -- or 50 percent of the entire kids' online universe. (Read more)

Here's what people are saying about virtual worlds today on Twitter:

May 22, 2009 in Topics | Permalink