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The Second Coming of Virtual Worlds

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the when-someone-asks-if-you're-a-god-you-say-yes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Things have been a bit quiet on the virtual world front recently, but according to an article in Silicon.com, things are about to change. Apparently it's only now that virtual worlds are really going to become a force to be reckoned with. 'Now experts predict the virtual world phenomenon is entering a second phase in which businesses will become shrewder about their involvement in such environments and look more carefully at the tangible benefits they can realize. Emerging technology specialist at IBM, Robert Smart, is confident virtual worlds will become more important to businesses in the coming years.'"

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  1. Re:Things have... by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, you're a retard. The scary thing about Second Life is that the entire economy is based on DRM. And all the value now is based on shit that is server side. It's really not that mysterious, this stuff is called software. All these business people in Second Life are software developers.

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