Via Slashdot: Military Training Online reports that MMOG technology, developed under contract by the makers of There, will be used to improve the learning environment of combat simulations. Needless to say, it also familiarizes the Army with the virtual battlespace, should conflict ever erupt There.
Only 24 hours ago, the Independent (UK) argued that anyone concerned about events in a virtual world, such as TN commenter and Alphaville Herald Editor Professor Ludlow, should just get a life. Perhaps. But it is worth noting that the very first serious inquiry I got when my research broke in early 2002 was not from my fellow economists, or any other academics, or anyone in business. No, the very first phone call was from DARPA. Needless to say, that phone call erased whatever doubts I had about the importance of virtual worlds. Now they just need to call the Independent; its long run vitality is far more fragile than Professor Ludlow's.
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