A recent letters patent filing by Apple Inc. entitle Enhancing Online Shopping Atmosphere betoken that Steve Jobs ’ nextBOOMcould involve a lid tip to practical universe like Second Life . accord to the filing , Apple is considering a more interactive visual theatrical performance of its online fund stark with change weather and avatars . Let the griefer brainstorming sitting begin .
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The Apple letters patent at its core touch on to improving the on-line shopping experience . While the ship’s company laud online shopping in its filing , it also criticizes the medium ’s inability to offer consumer a truly interactive experience , calling it “ sterile and isolating . ” ( Uh , is n’t the solitary , crowd - get around characteristic of online shopping part of its appeal ? )
The Apple filing goes on to say that isolate , unhappy customers are more apposite to be non - paying customers . However , if you put up them with “ sunny ” shopping experiences and virtual interactivity with Apple avatars , they might be more likely to come forth with a electropositive impression of online shopping . client would also receive their own embodiment , a la Second Life , and would be stigmatise with letters to show their point of intimacy with Apple products . N is for New Users , or “ newbie , ” and due east is for expert , or the total Apple - fuck Gizmodo faculty .
There are still a great deal of alien regarding the filing . summate to that the fact that most Apple patents never see the spark of day . As MacNN like an expert maneuver out , this could also be a reincarnated eWorld , Apple ’s ill - fated on-line service launched — and then un - launch — in 2004 1994 .
If the Apple Store does go virtual , however , our motion for Steve this afternoon is fairly straight : How will the Genius Bar respond to a rebound penis - filled griefer attack ? [ MacNN ]
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