Singapore Government buys island in Second Life
Along with at least two other agencies, the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has bought real estate to operate in a universe that exists only online...Besides the IDA, the Singapore Tourism Board and Economic Development Board have bought stakes there - not for commercial gain, but to reach their audiences, or to explore operations in a virtual world.
Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts Balaji Sadasivan, revealing this yesterday, noted that life in this digital age was making the world increasingly porous, so it was important for people to 'exploit the opportunities opening up' in the cyberworld.
Dr Balaji, who is also the Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, was speaking at the State of Play opening, a gathering of 220 lawyers, social scientists, entrepreneurs and technologists from 20 countries..
The Singaporean government apparently has completely pulled out, since I can't find them anywhere on the grid. Hmmmm.
Posted by: rikomatic | 26 September 2008 at 16:57