Indian eLearning Wakes Up To Second Life

What do a NID grad, a bass guitarist, a street racer and a management grad have in common? 

The four of them have come together to launch a start-up called VR1. The website of this start-up says that their main goal shall be to "provide a platform that facilitates entry into the rapidly growing market of persistent online 3D virtual worlds."

Given that Second Life is currently the most popular of the lot, VR1 wants to work with their clients to create for them, a presence in this virtual world. This presence could be created toward efforts in brand building, marketing, promotional activities, and immersive training / 3D virtual education for their employees. VR1 is still in a very nascent, probably ideative stage and it remains to be seen what they will eventually bring to the table.

Read:

Economic Times article titled "Live life second time".
Glimpse Inside a Metaverse: The Virtual World of Second Life - From Google Tech Talks
Post on learning around Second Life by blogger Rich Hoeg
How Not to Teach in Second Life - An interview with the Second Life founder
Articles About Education In Second Life
The Big Business of Second Life
My Virtual Life - From Businessweek Online
Making A Living In Second Life - From Wired
Skills For Life In Second Life - From Simtech
Second Life As A VLE - Theodore Wright

Philip Rosedale and Cory Ondrejka, CEO & CTO of Second Life, take you inside Second Life. This talk was held at Google, March 1, 2006: