There is one website that boggles my mind. Many of you have probably heard about it in the news.
This interactive website integrates the real world with a virtual world, it uses real life people with real life events to create fictional living for virtual people. You might ask yourself, "why would I want to do this?", well the answer is simple, Whatever you can do, or ever have wished to do in real life you can (pretty much) accomplish in this virtual life. You can have your own business and make (real) money. Sell your artwork or photographs, design clothing and sell it to other virtual people, or give classes on a subject you are accomplished in. The website is
http://www.secondlife.com/This interactive website integrates the real world with a virtual world, it uses real life people with real life events to create fictional living for virtual people. You might ask yourself, "why would I want to do this?", well the answer is simple, Whatever you can do, or ever have wished to do in real life you can (pretty much) accomplish in this virtual life. You can have your own business and make (real) money. Sell your artwork or photographs, design clothing and sell it to other virtual people, or give classes on a subject you are accomplished in. The website is
You will have to sign up for a free account to get into the virtual world of Second Life.
This site is cutting edge as it allows users to interact with the website and other users by letting them create art, clothing, homes, businesses. It also allows the user to purchase land, buildings which they then can develop or resell.
Second Life is run by Linden lab and uses 3D technology with interactive software to run the website. They are now in the process developing open protocols so that others can run part of the grid. The Architecture Working Group was developed to gather independents to write the open protocols in a group effort.
Many big companies use Second Life to develop marketing tools and test the market, really the sky is the limit!
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