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July/August 2007

Second Earth

The World Wide Web will soon be absorbed into the World Wide Sim: an environment combining elements of Second Life and Google Earth.

By Wade Roush

You are here? In this imaginary composite, the virtual world of Second Life--as embodied in the author's avatar--meets the real world of Google Earth.
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