Businesses in Second Life

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Revision as of 20:21, 13 January 2007

Real World (or "RL" - Real Life) businesses started to appear in Second Life around mid-2006. While there may be many reasons for their involvement, it is certainly true that one driver for the first wave was PR. These first arrivals sparked off (or rode the tide of) a media frenzy, that has resulted in a huge increase in the number of user accounts, and more importantly, online users.

The following is a (non-exhaustive) list as at mid-Jan, 2007.

Contents

Automotive

  • BMW
  • Toyota (Scion)
  • General Motors (Pontiac)
  • Nissan

Telecommunications

  • Vodafone
  • Telus
  • younevercall (a mobile phone sales channel)



Information Technology

  • IBM
  • PA Consulting

Retail

  • Sears
  • Adidas
  • Nike
  • American Apparel



Media and Entertainment


Marketing and Creative

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