Photos: Electric Sheep lights up virtual worlds

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  • R&B Coffee

    R&B Coffee

    Start-up Electric Sheep is getting enough project work from corporate and nonprofit clients wanting to establish beachheads in the virtual world "Second Life" that it has hired 13 full-time employees.

    The company, for example, created a virtual version of Washington, D.C's R&B Coffee in "Second Life," then displayed it on the wall of the coffee shop at the same time as video of the real-world cafe was streamed into the virtual world.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Radio show

    Radio show

    NPR recently hosted a radio show about "Second Life" inside Electric Sheep's tower in the virtual world.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Virtual phone booth

    Virtual phone booth

    As part of its efforts to showcase its VoIP technology inside "Second Life," Vivox hired a consultant called Home Depoz to build a virtual phone booth with a working phone.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Jibun Life

    Jibun Life

    Electric Sheep worked on a project called "Jibun Life" in the "Second Life" teen grid designed to connect kids' groups and classrooms around the world in an immersive, 3D community. For the project, Electric Sheep built a Japanese-themed village.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Hanover

    Hanover

    Electric Sheep worked on a project for Dartmouth College that recreated the town of Hanover, N.H., in order to give emergency response workers a way to practice responding to problem situations.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • NMC

    NMC

    Electric Sheep has built an experimental space in "Second Life" for the New Media Consortium that will include a meeting space, learning environments and classrooms.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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Corporate and nonprofit clients wanting to establish beachheads in the virtual world "Second Life" are fueling a D.C. start-up.

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R&B Coffee

Start-up Electric Sheep is getting enough project work from corporate and nonprofit clients wanting to establish beachheads in the virtual world "Second Life" that it has hired 13 full-time employees.

The company, for example, created a virtual version of Washington, D.C's R&B Coffee in "Second Life," then displayed it on the wall of the coffee shop at the same time as video of the real-world cafe was streamed into the virtual world.

Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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