Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively'

July 8, 2008 By MICHAEL LIEDTKE , AP Business Writer

(AP) -- In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more virtual socializing on the Web.

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