Tourists puzzled by the jumble of buildings in classical and modern Rome can now find their bearings by visiting a virtual model of the imperial capital, in what is being billed as the world's biggest computer simulation of an ancient city.
The trigger for this column was this week's announcement that Dell Inc. was going to slash 8,800 jobs. Its earnings were relatively flat, and that gave the company the excuse to make cuts, but were these people necessary in the first place?
With new advances unveiled this year, shoppers could one day step into an intelligent dressing room where they'll solicit opinions from friends who aren't actually in the store or forgo the hassle of changing altogether.
In what may be the first example of negative campaigning within SL, a user has opened a location designed to slam Republican candidate and former Big Apple mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Microsoft researchers are developing an algorithm that would allow speakers to work like virtual headphones--even as you walk around your office.
If you don't want your kid(s) to give up on music practice, then you better cross your fingers in the hope that this concept product from an industrial designer called Nicolas Gonzalez Garrido becomes commercially available.
Second Life is coming to international mainstream attention. It is a practical application of what Stephenson had called the metaverse-a client program that allows users to interact with each other via custom avatars. While some see it for its gaming applications, others see it as a practical web navigation device.
Over the last 30 years home video games and consoles have evolved at a dizzying rate.
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While not the first political hopeful to make an appearance in the MMO Second Life, presidential candidate John Edwards is the first to get a virtual campaign office.
The State of the Virtual World in Second Life

Second Life has done a good job being transparent with their statistics. Key metrics are available on the home page, and additional information was released last December. Today Linden Labs released detailed information on the Second Life population, demographics, usage time and land supply in an excel spreadsheet. [via TechCrunch]
There are many ways for smokers to try and kick the habit. Whether it is a patch or gum, or cold turkey - but have you thought of a video game?
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates showed off a virtual version of his own collection of Leonardo Da Vinci's scientific musings on Tuesday at the British Library as he unveiled the company's eagerly anticipated Windows Vista operating system.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Online world to get news bureau in Second Life

" Online world to get news bureau Dancers in Second Life, Linden Lab Second Life is a more playful version of the real world Reuters has opened a virtual news agency in the Second Life online world. The bureau will be staffed by Reuters media corre







