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Technology is developing at such a pace that it has become hard for us to keep track of it or take advantage of each advancement. Advancements are taking place in both corporate as well as our daily life. An example of advancement in corporate world is the ease of organizing meetings in a virtual environment irrespective of distance between the participants of the meeting. Second Life is an example of such advancements. It allows people from various parts of the world to come to a common meeting room where they can conduct meetings using any the tools and communication methods of their choice as if they were actually present in the same room.

Second Life allows the members to easily communicate using the individual or group text as well as voice chat. The inward avatar tool is also available to those who want to make it even easier to communicate. And if you are wondering how to deliver your presentations, videos, documents etc then don’t worry because it is just a matter of simple click and all your material will be uploaded to the meeting room. Once uploaded anyone in the meeting room can access them as the meeting progresses. You can even use the 3D collaboration tools or the sketch boards to draw real-time sketches. Further ease of communication is also ensured by “text chat” and “Active Speaker” features of Second Life.

The success of Second Life can be deducted from the fact that IBM and Virtual World Conference used it for hosting a meeting in late 2008. There were 200+ participants in the conference which were given a pre-conference training to ensure that they were comfortable with this new technology. The Second Life technology has been specially tailored to meet the requirements of anyone who wants to use it. Here are some of these features.

• Alphine Executive Center is an advanced meeting facility that is especially designed for the executives who wish to use the expert facilities and features of Second Life.
• Rivers Run Red’s Immersive Workspaces™ allows communication in rich 3D environment
• Virtualis™ Convention and Learning Center is another unique feature of Second Life which offers 3D convention centers mirroring the real world convention centers.

The best part about Second Life is that all of its features are operated by actual meeting and event management professionals.