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VWFE: Live-blogging 'consumers or community - what's the direction for brands?' - Tech Digest
The next panel opens at the Virtual World Forums Europe conference, with the moderator Wagner James Au, from New World Notes starting proceedings. He beings by talking about Second Life, and how Armani opened an online shop within the online game, so users could deck their avatars out in actual Armani clothing. He mentions how the clothing didn't look right on the pixellated characters, and a simple clothing boutique two users within the game created, is much more popular amongst users than the luxury fashion brand. Betsy Book from There.com takes to the stage, who talks a bit about her community, and how they work closely with several advertisers to ensure users aren't bombarded too much with the adverts, but they're tailored specifically for each gamer. She shows us a video of There.com, which allows for users to access goods from interactive kiosks....
Katherine Hannaford