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Photos: Penguin flies into Second Life
Photo Becoming a good citizen could be the best way for businesses to get the most out of virtual worlds. For more on virtual worlds visit silicon.com's virtual worlds special report. In the next few weeks publishing house Penguin is running a series of... [20 Jul 2007]
Photos: E-tailer Iwoot opens Second Life shop
Photo Gadget e-tailer iwantoneofthose.com (Iwoot) has opened a Second Life island which contains a virtual store selling real-life goods. The 65,536 square metres of virtual space cost £800 to purchase and a "few thousand pounds" to develop out-of-house... [12 Jul 2007]
Photos of the month - June 2007
Photo The ING Renault Formula One team has opened up an island containing a race circuit within Second Life's virtual world. The virtual world has been experimenting with tennis for some time - with trials around the Australian open and French Open. [27 Jun 2007]
Photos: Inside the Entropia Universe
Photo Virtual world Entropia Universe is 'more than a game', according to its creators at Swedish company Mindark. Offering participants a hybrid between the Second Life environment and the game-like World of Warcraft, Entropia is a virtual world with a... [26 Jun 2007]
Photos: IBM serves up Wimbledon in Second Life
Photo 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. [18 Jun 2007]
Photos: Virtual war tests new technology
Photo CWID UK (the UK's arm of the virtual war) is part of the wider US-led CWID event held online and around the world with countries such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand involved in testing and developing new military technologies. [14 Jun 2007]
Photos: Google mashes up its developer day
Photo Google also showcased some of the recent apps to be launched within Google Earth - including one that lets users build 3D models of buildings and pop them on the virtual globe. Google also showed off its Street View app, which is available over... [01 Jun 2007]
Photos: Renault F1 races into Second Life
Photo The ING Renault Formula One team has opened its very own island and race circuit (above) - in virtual world Second Life. The island was launched at a virtual press conference - which took place at the Monaco Grand Prix and in London - with Renault... [01 Jun 2007]
Photos of the month - May 2007
Photo Big brands are embracing Second Life to promote their real-life goods within the virtual world. AOL, BMW, Cisco, Dell, Intel and Sears are among the companies clambering for a piece of the virtual action. [30 May 2007]
Photos: Second Life business evolution
Photo Virtual world Second Life continues to grow rapidly - now boasting six million 'residents' who spend an average of $1.5m in the game every day. Part of Dell's set of islands in the virtual world. Want to know more about virtual world motoring? [10 May 2007]
Photos: Vintage arcade games... revealed
Photo The legacy of Tron lives on in the virtual world Second Life, which uses Tron-style language - to create an object in Second Life is known as to 'rez'. It's the PDP-1, the system which ran the first-ever computer game. [28 Nov 2006]
Photos of the month - November 2006
Photo Check out the photo story covering the other big companies who have dived into Second Life's virtual world here. Second Life, the virtual world created by Linden Labs now has nearly 1.2 million players (or 'residents') and $500,000 is spent on... [27 Nov 2006]
Photos: Tower of London trials virtual escapes
Photo The 900-year old Tower of London - home to some of history's most famous prisoners, including Guy Fawkes, Anne Boleyn and the two young Royal Princes - has been trialling a GPS-based virtual game that allows visitors to re-enact some of the great... [10 Nov 2006]
Photos: Second Life - whose HQ can you view?
Photo 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. You can click through this photo story to see some of the virtual outposts... [01 Nov 2006]
Photos: An internet café in China
Photo It has been said that the government is becoming concerned at the amount of time youngsters are spending in the virtual world. Companies pay to have their adverts displayed on the virtual race track. Every seat is taken by people playing games... [21 Jul 2006]
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