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Second Life: Is Business Ready For Virtual Worlds?
By David F. Carr

  Table of Contents:
  1. Second Life: Is Business Ready For Virtual Worlds?
  2. ' Is Business Ready For '
  3. ' Not Quite the Matrix '
  4. ' The Server Crunch '
  5. ' Second Life Maturing'


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Real-world companies such as American Apparel, IBM, Starwood Hotels and Toyota are exploring whether 3D virtual communities can be adapted to serve business—and whether they are an effective place to do market research and collaborate on projects, an

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Second Life: Is Business Ready For Virtual Worlds?
Real-world companies such as American Apparel, IBM, Starwood Hotels and Toyota are exploring whether 3D virtual communities can be adapted to serve business--and whether they are an effective place to do market research, collaborate on projects, and sell goods and services.

Second Life Insiders
Philip Rosedale, founder of Second Life, is a pioneer in the development of streaming media technology.

Virtual Growing Pains
When Linden Lab outlined a growth path for Second Life, it found that getting everyone on the same virtual page wasn't easy.

The Anatomy of Second Life
A look at how the virtual world works.

Resource Library:

Tapping into Virtual Marketing
Starwood Hotels demonstrates a relatively low-cost market research experiment in a new Internet medium.

Cost Out a 3D/Virtual Training System
Want to create a virtual campus for employee training? Cost out a virtual/3D training system for your business.

Question: Do you think virtual worlds such as Second Life are a place for real-world companies to do business? Write to us: baseline@ziffdavis.com

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