Sl can improve RL

A Stanford University study shows that people carry over the benefits of their Second Life avatars into their real lives. For example, people with avatars skinnier than their real selves go out and lose weight. The researchers call this the “Proteus effect.” You can extrapolate from this to see how complex, granular role-playing games can [...]

Google to go Virtual

Google is creating their own virtual world to compete with Second Life instead of purchasing it from Linden Labs. The virtual world will be called “My World” and I am sure it will tie into all off Google’s other services making it immediately more useful than Second Life. The question is will Google only use [...]

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