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Second Life adds Dior to the list of retailers buying a presence within the virtual online game. Dior is the first French luxury house to employ such status in Second Life, and its display will show rare items from its real life collection. The jewelry items will not be for sale, and though Dior claims that its showcase in Second Life is not for

The virtual-reality website Second Life boasts more than 2.3 million residents. But guess how many people actually consistently play the game.

"The overhyped virtual reality world with amazing public relations and highbrow academic love is now the focus of an increasing number of reports calling foul to their claim of 2.3 million residents. American Public Radio's Marketplace says it's actually more like 250,000."

A comprehensive review on 'Second Life' by Linden Labs. Second Life is a 3-D virtual world which is inhabited by people that try to escape reality.In this fancy virtual world you can be whatever you like to be, roam around and even earn money, at least so says their website! Read what's really like...

Last month, the virtual world Second Life reached 2 million registered accounts, an impressive number considering it hit 1 million accounts just eight weeks earlier.