Found this paper on the Digital Birmingham website outlining a very wide variety of potential virtual applications.
“Second Life” arguably represents the next generation of interactive web applications. There are not too many implemented examples, but this paper outlines a fascinating insight into how the thinking is developing.
One of the financial services companies set up a presence on Second Life – think it was ING Direct.
Neil
neilcalland — 13 October 2008 @ 8:49 pm
Further to the last comment, ING Direct withdrew from Second Life earlier in the year. The link below is an article giving details, plus links to other stories about financial services companies setting up on Second Life.
http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=18075
neilcalland — 14 October 2008 @ 8:07 am