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Friday 7 December 2007, 12:17 AM
Apply for a visa via Secondlife?
The replublic of Estonia has opened a new embassy, not in a specific country, but in the virtual world that is SecondLife.
SecondLife might not be as hot as Facebook or even MySpace but it has come a long way; from boasting a small group of loyal followers some described as fantafists, to convincing multinationals such as IBM to join, and now nations.
Will we one day see a British embassy in SecondLife?
when you see well established companies such as HP or IBM trying to establish a presence in SecondLife, its understandable as way to reach new customers or to demo new products. But for a nation, what do they expect to gain out of secondlife? virtual visitors?
Am sure Estonia is a very progressive country but if I were Estonian, i wouldn't be too pleased to see my tax money spend on some biulding block video game 'virtual Lego' that only a select few will ever get to see.
SecondLife might not be as hot as Facebook or even MySpace but it has come a long way; from boasting a small group of loyal followers some described as fantafists, to convincing multinationals such as IBM to join, and now nations.
Will we one day see a British embassy in SecondLife?
when you see well established companies such as HP or IBM trying to establish a presence in SecondLife, its understandable as way to reach new customers or to demo new products. But for a nation, what do they expect to gain out of secondlife? virtual visitors?
Am sure Estonia is a very progressive country but if I were Estonian, i wouldn't be too pleased to see my tax money spend on some biulding block video game 'virtual Lego' that only a select few will ever get to see.
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