July 2007
Second Earth: Print Edition
The World Wide Web will soon be absorbed into the World Wide Sim: an immersive, 3-D visual environment that combines elements of social virtual worlds such as Second Life and mapping applications such as Google Earth. What happens when the virtual and real worlds collide?
By Wade Roush
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You are here? In this imaginary composite, the virutal world of Second Life--as embodied in the author's avatar--meets the real world of Google Earth.
Credit: Technology Review |
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