Second Life is a virtual reality community in which you create an identity, meet people, buy land and build your own objects. It is a 'massively multiplayer online role playing game', but one that offers users total freedom to create and interact as if they were living another life.
Launched in 2003 by Philip Linden, first-time users create a name and a graphic identity. The Second Life world is a group of islands in the tropics. Using the keyboard, one can move around at will and even fly over them.
The most radical dotcom 2.0 recruitment wave is happening in virtual reality thanks to Second Life. Instead of posting a resume on Monster.com that will hopefully net a flesh-and-blood job interview, your avatar can be interviewed and hired all within Second Life, often for jobs possible only in virtual reality. Fortune's Katie Benner explores the cutting edge of corporate recruitment.
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