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'Second Life' not ready to replace first

HAUS ARREST
Published Thursday, October 19, 2006

On Tuesday, Reuters assigned a full-time reporter to cover a virtual-reality environment called Second Life. The news agency will now bring breaking headlines to thousands of immersed characters, and perhaps more interesting, pipe game-world news to our real-world Web. So what is this virtual playground?

According to its Web site, Second Life (SL) is an “online society within a 3D world, where users can explore, build, socialize, and participate in their own economy.” It has amassed nearly a million members since opening in 2003. People sign in, design avatars, wander around and...

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