Adidas, Nissan, Reebok, Sony, Reuters - how big brands look in a virtual world...
By Steve Ranger
Published: 1 November 2006 14:40 GMT
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Second Life, the virtual world created by Linden Labs now has nearly 1.2 million players (or 'residents') and $500,000 is spent on products and services there every day.
Unsurprisingly big businesses in the real world have been looking with interest at this and now a constant stream are setting up their own offices, stores and even hotels inside Second Life. You can click through this photo story to see some of the virtual outposts built by big brands.
For example Nissan recently launched its own Second Life presence. If an avatar types in the right code on this giant vending machine they can then choose a car to drive around. There's also mini radio-controlled cars to play with here.
Picture credit: Second Life/Linden Labs
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