Hoping for a virtual smash hit
By Steve Ranger
Published: 18 June 2007 09:45 GMT
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IBM is recreating the action of the Wimbledon tennis championships in Second Life. The company has been experimenting with tennis in the virtual world for some time - it started last year with a site on a private island, followed with experiments around the Australian Open and the French Open.
Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Lab
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