When someone pointed me to this (thanks Martin!) I thought it was a joke. Even after watching the video (included below) I thought it was just a piece mocking the “We read Snow Crash too many times and are building the Metaverse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” crowd. But no. It is not a joke. Watch the trailer before you read any further.


Yes, that’s right, you too can lower your efficiency by a factor of approximately 1000% by reading your email in a 3d environment in which spam is represented by fat slimy guys and your good mail by starlets. You too can “feed your spam to the sharks” and “hang out with your email!”

Remember people, as the video says, “One name spells entertainment. One name spells excitement. One name spells email. That name is 3d Mailbox. Go where no email has gone before!”

When I think of the one name that spells email, I just think of ‘email’ but I’m glad to see that there are people out there for whom that kind of practicality takes a back seat to letting your email take a cool, disinfecting shower.