Some of you might know that Google´s 3D-Virtual-Chat-World-Experiment Lively.com ended on December 31.

The MXM-Lively-Room from outside

I always felt so-lala about Lively. It was not bad but it also was far away from being really cool. I will never understand why multi-billion Dollar companies release such unfinished projects that are neither fish nor flesh, neither water nor wine.

At least Lively was free for everybody and simple to use – but a strong and lively community didn’t grow up anyway.

I don’t want to talk about the reasons for Lively`s failure, i only want to show you some pictures i took from the MXM-Room shortly before it was closed forever…

continue reading: My farewell to Lively!

Typical Lively: Anonymous Authors, Standard Rooms, 0 Visitors...

Not everything that Google touches turns into gold immediately.

Personally i liked Google’s 3D-Chat Lively when it launched in early July. Now, only 4 and a half months later, it’s over. Google is shutting down Lively on December 31.

It’s a tough decision - but isn’t it a bit too harsh?

I mean, Lively was far from being perfect or innovative. I always thought it was launched way too soon. Too many bugs (really terrible ones) a strange login/logoff/login/logoff-procedure and not the quickest support on board…

But it wasn’t that bad! Not bad enough to be killed after such a short term! I’m wondering why they not only put Lively back into Google Labs and give it time to improve and grow in silence…

OK, after all i think it’s a money decision. There’s no money to earn in Lively, not for Google and not for occupants with professional or semi-professional ambitions. Those are still in Second Life…

Who cares, it’s over.

The MXM-Room will stay open until the very last second. Soon i will visit the room and make some screenshots that i will post here. Just to remember…

I’m sorry for all who joined Lively and are getting homeless again ;)

Inside the mxm room

Lively is Google’s 3D-World for chatting and doing stuff. It’s free and very easy to use, people can create their own room(s) and decorate it with furnitures and numerous objects.

You can meet other people in Lively for chilling and chatting, or you just jump from one room to another and see what it’s all about.

After nearly 3 months they upgraded Lively to version 1.0.5 which makes it finally possible to visit rooms without the repeating log-in process, which was most annoying.

You only need to sign in one time and then can explore all the rooms until you close the session. That’s much better than before, it’s much easier and funnier to “move” in Lively now.

Only Problem is that it took 3 months to apply this feature and that it is the only change…

The developers still have lots to do and i hope they work harder better faster stronger because Lively has much potential but still stuck somewhere at the lower end.

If you want to check it out you can visit the mxm room and read all the tipps i’ve made for beginners. You also can enjoy some nice pictures of Lena Luv and her mates. You’ll find the mxm room here, on the introductional page or by going to Lively.com and search for “Models”, “Sims” or “mxm” for example.

It’s about time!

I’ve just opened the MXM-Room at Lively.com, Google’s brand new 3D-World of free and customizable chat rooms!

You should try Lively because it can entertain you on lazy afternoons and hot summer nights! It’s new, it’s free, it’s worth a look.

And the MXM-Room contains lots of infos and even gifts for Lively-beginners. You will get everything you need on this page: mxm-studios.com/lively

MXM’s Lively-Room is the best place to start. Click on the colored blocks and read their Comments, move over the info-posters and…

…enjoy the beautiful photos of original mxm-models like Lena Luv, Breana Kox, Hyen Young and more! Watch exclusive slide shows as well!

The room is called MXM Virtual Beauties, see you there ;)