Virtual worlds, the hypergrid, and where are all the avatars?

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During a presentation in Second Life March 14, Alexina Proctor (Heather Ebey to those of us in SLIS) discussed the number of virtual worlds beyond Second Life and described one in particular, InWorldz.  According to Alexina, InWorldz had 18,485 user accounts in early October 2010 and has added 10,000+ accounts by January 2011.  She describes the inhabitants of all virtual worlds as "pioneeers and entrepreneurs, adventurous and independent, building worlds with their own creativity."  

Learn more about InWorldz at http://inworldz.com/ 

The group was left with this quote from Thomas Friedman, MIT Milestone Celebration (2008) keynote:

The most important competition is no longer the competition between one country and another country, or between one company and another company. The most important economic competition is between you and your own imagination.

 Virtual Worlds present an opportunity for you to explore your own imagination!