Dante Lammoglia, a freshman at KU, plays the virtual-world game "World of Warcraft" in his downtown apartment. Lammoglia spends about six hours a day playing the game online with other fans of the computer game. The number and popularity of of online virtual-reality games have been exploding recently.
A computer screen shot depicts a character in the virtual-world game "World of Warcraft", one of a number of popular online games.
This is a close-up view of Scoop Rofflecopter, the online alter-ego assumed by reporter Eric Weslander. The "press" hat was a gift from a virtual source.
This is one of the many virtual shopping spaces in Second Life, where people can buy anything from furniture to posters for their walls. This one had holiday decorations.
This is a newsstand for the "Metaverse Messenger," a newspaper that publishes in Second Life.
All the items shown in this photo were for sale at the "Royalty Mall." A woman interviewed near this shop said she was shopping for home-furnishings for her virtual apartment, which costs 1,000 Linden per month.
This street musician had set out a case to collect virtual tips. Second Life residents can upload sounds that can be heard by other people.
Reuters has set up this billboard that automatically displays real-world news headlines.
Residents of Second Life can alter their appearances. At the time this photo was taken, the character with the fox head was unleashing a stream of obscenities via text messaging. The conversation didn't last long.
A "search" function allows Second Life users to see all the events that are happening at a given time. Scoop Rofflecopter stumbled upon this mellow "pool party."
Dancing is an extremely popular activity in Second Life. Residents create their own animations to show off their characters' dance moves, and the best dancers often win prizes in "Linden dollars," a virtual currency that can be traded for U.S. dollars.
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