lately virtual environments have come under fire because they are not so good at any of the things that 2-dimensional interfaces do so well, like chat, marketing and organizing information. what are they good for? fun! since wolfenstein 3d virtual three-dimensional environments have been the ideal way to explore complex worlds and shoot nazis. i think this was the reasoning behind 3B, who offers virtual environments can be used to explore the web or your own myspace and in my case flickr pages (above). you can choose from a variety of settings, and in some worlds you even run the risk of encountering other browsers. it would be nice if these worlds were more like first-person shooters, so that i could intercept people leaving comments and look at my art and get into interesting discussions/violent altercations.