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From Virtuality to Reality: Second Life Fitness June 16, 2008

Posted by Bertalan Meskó in Health, Invention, Medicine, Second Life, Virtuality, Web 2.0.
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How could we combine the opportunities of Second Life, the virtual world, with the advantages of reality? Check out Second Life Fitness. You need something like this:

And it leads to this:

If you ride the bike, you can fly in Second Life. There are currently 54 users (with a total distance of 974 km).

Isn’t it a fantastic idea?

More about Second Life:

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1. tomography - June 17, 2008

Nothing beats Wii Fit!
Andras

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[...] My dream is to make a SL medical simulation as real as possible. Just like Second Life Fitness: http://scienceroll.com/2008/06/16/from-virtuality-to-reality-second-life-fitness/ « előző | következő » Bertalan Meskó — 2008. 12. 23. [...]

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