Running a Business: From Rural Life to Second Life
Summary
Center includes a 3-floor store, classroom/lecture hall, erupting volcano, free skydiving and jazz club.This center consists not only of a virtual store (where both real and virtual items and services can be bought and sold with in-game currency called Lindens, which can easily be exchanged for real money), but other, less traditional, areas as well: In addition to the three-floor store, there is also a classroom and lecture hall, where educators can book time for free and teach classes that have up to forty-two students at a time, as well as a “Geology Lounge” where people can sit and relax beside an erupting volcano, a jazz and blues club called the “Be Bop” where people can dance or just kick back with a virtual drink, and an area for virtual skydiving.Companies such as IBM, Microsoft, Coldwell Banker and Ben and Jerry’s, as well as organizations such as Jet Propulsion Laboratories, have all opened offices in Second Life.Companies such as IBM, Microsoft, Coldwell Banker and Ben and Jerry’s, as well as organizations such as Jet Propulsion Laboratories, have all opened offices in Second Life.It is recommended that if this is your first time in Second Life, you should arrive a half-hour early to get used to moving around in the world and for editing your character.There is no charge for the event, the game download is free, and the public is welcome.