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January 30th, 2007

‘Second Life’ to get First Virtual Embassy

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews

Now I’ve seen everything (all right, I still have plenty of time left, so maybe not) :-) . Dell has opened a Second Life store, there are car dealers in Second Life, we’ve seen Reuters open a news bureau and companies have press conferences there. Now Second Life is getting its first embassy.

Sweden plans to be the first country to open an embassy in popular virtual world Second Life. “It will have answers to questions on all aspects of Sweden,” Olle Wastberg, general director of the Swedish Institute, an organization which promotes the country’s image abroad, said on Tuesday. Source: MSNBC

We Say: Does this mean if my avatar walks into the embassy I’m on Swedish soil? Will Swedish guards have to have avatars and “play them” to guard the embassy? (Yes, all tongue-in-cheek) :-) I’ve said before maybe I should check this world out … on the other hand, maybe things are getting out of hand.

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6 comments to "‘Second Life’ to get First Virtual Embassy"

  1. Erik says:

    I don’t “get” the attraction to Second Life and I really don’t understand why companies and now countries are using it.

    And I’m not going to go try and find out since I barely have time to live my First Life.

    January 30th, 2007 at 8:56 am

  2. ed3 says:

    Back in 1998 we would have called this “VRML”…

    January 30th, 2007 at 10:09 am

  3. Charles says:

    I second ERIK’s statement….

    I spend enough time in front of my laptop… like I need to spend more time in front of it living in a virtual world?

    Ummmm, yeah.

    January 30th, 2007 at 10:19 am

  4. Freud says:

    Some people need to get a life and I don’t mean on a computer screen.

    Then again I never understood Star Trek conventions either. LOL

    January 30th, 2007 at 10:07 pm

  5. Dervish says:

    Most people keep their minds in a cage. They are afraid to let them out.

    January 31st, 2007 at 6:17 am

  6. josh says:

    Can you construct bombs in Second Life?

    What happens if a suicide bomber strikes the embassy? WIll we start having virtual international incidents and a virtual war on terror?

    hehe

    February 8th, 2007 at 11:51 am

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