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Virtual Life
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The Coming Virtual Web
In the future, the Internet is almost certain to look more realistic, interactive, and social—a lot like a virtual world -
Big Spenders of Second Life
Virtual world residents shell out real dollars for nonexistent clothes, cars, and real estate. Will real-world luxury brands capitalize? -
Virtual World Rich List
Their avatars and names are fictitious, but their bankrolls are plenty real; get to know Second Life's top earners and find out how they did it -
The Virtual Meeting Room
Intel, Raytheon, and other companies are dabbling in technology that enables 3D conferencing, but will employees take to avatar exchanges? -
New Tools of Virtual Worlds
Second Life isn't just for marketing anymore. Companies are dabbling in 3D collaboration and conferencing -
I Was a Second Life B-School Student
Undergraduate programs already have a presence in this virtual world, but INSEAD is one of the first management programs to break ground -
Digital Suburbia
Kaneva aims to bring social networking to a relatively cautious, upscale crowd more interested in making real-world connection than in building fantasies online
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