April 1, 2009 Linden Labs announced that their stand-alone version of Second Life solutions is available in alpha phase. IBM, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), New Media Consortium (NMC), Intel, and Northrop Gramman are all currently using this install.
This is a server solution that is completely independent of the main Second Life environment.
It's now in alpha phase with plans for a limited closed beta phase in the summer and general availability later this year.
This is good news for those companies who like the 3D advantages of a virtual world experience but have concerns about the content that abides on Second Life. Training sessions, client interactions, knowledge transfer and conferences can all be conducted behind a company firewall.
Looking forward to seeing more as the in the box, corporate solution for behind company firewalls becomes available.
Hopefully this isn't a bad April fools joke.
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