Second Life residents to be given the power of speech

[mandy]

Citizens of Second Life, the online virtual world, have until now communicated silently via instant messaging and chat. They will soon be given the power of speech. Linden Lab, creator of Second Life, announced Tuesday it will add voice capabilities to the Second Life grid. The new feature is "part of an ongoing drive toward creating a richer, more immersive virtual environment," according to the company.

"The addition of voice marks a natural progression in the ongoing evolution of Second Life," said Joe Miller, vice president, platform and technology development at Linden Lab. "We believe voice is a transformative technology that will change the way residents communicate, and will lend more immediacy and dynamism to their interaction with others.

"For example, academic institutions could use the voice feature of Second Life to carry out lectures, corporations could use it for customer training and friends can simply catch up with each other," he added...

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[BellisimaJ.]

Oh goody, then Ice can talk during sex on 2nd Life. :


Edited to correct a name.