LONDON (Reuters) - Virtual reality world Second Life was born in the United States, but 61 percent of its active residents are Europeans, a study by research firm comScore said on Friday. The number ...

Business Week reported a few days ago that big companies like News Corp. and Sony Corp. are taking a close look at virtual worlds -- primarily those catering to young kids and tweens, like Club ...

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The 3-D virtual online community of Second Life is teaming up with the real-world open-source software development community. In an announcement today, San Francisco-based Linden Lab, the creator of ...

Linden Lab’s plans for Second Life are as visionary as ever — “to enhance and improve the human condition.” But the company is working to marry those dreams to more practical goals for the immediate ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - Users of online worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft transact millions of dollars worth of virtual goods and services every day, and these virtual economies are ...