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Virtual Real Estate Boom Draws Real Dollars

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the virtual-taxman-still-evil dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to a USAToday story, Second Life from Linden Labs is seeing a boom in virtual land trading. The article quotes a player as saying: 'My vision is to buy real estate in Second Life with one or two other investors and make it available to new players as a business', and it seems that 'Large swathes of undeveloped online property, some bearing an uncanny resemblance to a palm-studded West Coast beachfront idyll, are selling for up to $550 an acre.' Second Life uses OpenGL and Ogg-Vorbis running on a Linux grid." S!: We've previously covered Second Life on several occasions over at Slashdot Games.

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  1. Get out more by essiescreet · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is stupid. Really, really really stupid. This is why people give me funny looks when I tell them what industry I'm in. Come on people, this is the Star Treak of the new millineum.

  2. This goes without saying: by Linux+Thought+Leader · · Score: 0, Troll

    Res loquitur ipsa.