To cope with that, over the next nine to 12 months they have sessions with their therapist over the phone, through a video-chat service like Oovoo.com, or in Second Life. In the latter, an avatar ...

The realm of Second Life -- available free online-- allows users to create avatar versions of themselves. These virtual personas mingle about in a three-dimensional, pixilated world not entirely ...

Launched in 2003 by Philip Rosedale, alias Philip Linden in Second Life, first-time residents make up a first name, choose a last name from a list and choose a graphic identity (an avatar).

There is an island in Second Life called ABC. If you go there and wander the shores, you may find a deckchair on which sits the avatar of Mark Scott, managing director of the Australian Broadcasting ...