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Photos: IBM serves up Wimbledon in Second Life
Hoping for a virtual smash hit

By Steve Ranger

Published: Monday 18 June 2007

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