SECOND LIFE TALK

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a) you can shop there, you can buy an inworld money called L$ with USD, use those L$ to buy virtual products: clothes, hair, shoes, guitars, you name it, for your avatar. You can buy land in SL, buildings (homes, offices etc), cars, boats, planes, etc. all content created by the residents of SL. Many people earn their livings from their content creation or other businesses in SL.

b) Walmart would only get into this if there were very strong merchandizing opportunities here. The virtual rock star dress you buy at Walmart SL for an SL performance as a contest entrant, you may at some point be able to go buy an identical version at a RL Walmart.