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1. Information Week (USA) - U.S. Armed Forces Look To Second Life For Training. "The Second Life role-playing and gaming communities are home to dozens of make-believe armies and navies. But you can find the real thing in virtual worlds too. The Air Force, National Guard, and Navy are using Second Life and other virtual world technology for collaboration and training. The armed … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news

1. Federal Computer Weekly (USA) - Virtual learning gets second wind from Second Life. "Virtual-world technology is giving the idea of online training a second life in the federal government. A handful of agencies are turning to virtual worlds to create programs that bring together the best aspects of Internet-based training and the traditional classroom. Like standard online … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news

1. BBC (UK) - Virtual worlds and web 'merging'. "Second Life boss, Mark Kingdon, said identity is key in virtual worlds. "You take one avatar and you cross multiple virtual worlds… that is going to be a really powerful and important part of the virtual world future," predicted Mark Kingdon, the boss of Second Life. This online fantasy space had 1.4m users over the past two … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news

1. CNET (USA) - Second Life's economy is the envy of the real world. "Virtual world Second Life is out with its Q1 2009 Economic Report and things are looking up. In fact, Second Life economics look much better than the real world. Users are spending much more time on the site despite a drop in land ownership. In an interview with CNET News, Linden Labs CEO Mark Kingdon … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news

1. CNET (USA) - Second Life strives for a second wind. "After it made headlines last week for yet another executive leaving the company, you'd really think things couldn't get much worse for virtual world Second Life and its parent company Linden Lab. The marketing hype--it's the next Internet!--bottomed out long ago. There was a wave of unflattering press, from virtual … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news