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By David Rothman

image Just as I’m calling for Google to devote more tech resources to improve the OCRing of Victorian novels, along comes news that the company has started up a 3D VR project on the Web—called Lively.

Everyone has his/her own priorities, right? Just remember, Google’s focuses aren’t necessarily those of many librarians. Of course some might recognize important uses of VR, including the popularization of literature. That said, old-fashioned text counts, and I’m still frustrated that Google so far hasn’t done ePub, which would be good for both it and the planet at large.

Fleet-fingered Wikipedians, meanwhile, have already tapped out the details of Google’s latest move. Also see Google News roundup. Watch out, Second Life!

 
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