By Casey Lynn
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
This is just one of many research projects going on in Second Life about the possible beneficial applications of virtual worlds. This kind of research could be valuable even if it’s in the very preliminary stages. Though I feel like at this point Second Life is becoming more of a research tool than anything else (the amount of new people joining the world has been dropping steadily for some time). Most people I know who are still on Second Life are either: (A) researchers, (B) entrepreneurs (and I can’t imagine the real estate market there is what it was a few years ago either), or (C) looking for virtual sex (possibly with furries or in Gor). Which… come to think of it, sounds kind of like the early days of the Internet. And look what that’s done for our hospital visits! (See: Cyberchondria)
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