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• 01.29.08
  Harvard Business Review Spotlights Second Life Business in Virtual Worlds, Second Life | (2)

  Harvard Business Review has tagged virtual worlds as "Breakthrough Ideas for 2008" in its current issue (February 2008). In its annual round-up of ideas that "capture 20 transformations at single points in their development" virtual worlds and related development, wide coverage is given to virtual worlds, including a spotlight on Second Life. More commentary to follow, but briefly the issue includes the following topics: The Metaverse as TV of the Future Using Second Life as a specific example, one of their top trends paints a picture of virtual worlds as being a wave that may very well wash away the "traditional Internet" like TV ...

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