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Virtual World Twinity launches London

Posted on : 07-12-2009 | By : Paul Harrison | In : Carve Consulting Blog

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Twinity (a 3-D world like Second Life, “Powered by Real Life”)  have finally launched London,  following earlier iterations in Berlin and Singapore. Full details here: http://www.twinity.com/en/london

Twinity London launches

Twinity London launches

You can also check out this (not-that-impressive looking) beta walkaround posted bya Virtually Linked v-blogger on la YouTube.

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Got to say I have not exactly seen much of a splash for this launch,  and I only picked this up on Tech Crunch Europe (full story here http://bit.ly/Twinity )

We’re looking at virtual worlds this in the context of business / tourism, but - as recruitment experiments on Second Life for example - you have to achieve critical mass in terms of users to make it work.  If I was a betting man, I would invest in augmented reality-type plays rather than this.

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