Second Life for corporate America

To save money in these tough times, universities, conference planners and global firms have started holding gatherings for far-flung employees and students in the online world known as Second Life.

Sun Microsystems Inc., a Silicon Valley tech company, has only one rule: Employees should show up looking like humans.

Other companies don't seem to mind if their workers take the form of animals and other entities while they're on the clock.



On a recent afternoon in Second Life, about 20 avatars -- the personalized character each inhabitant of the virtual world adopts -- gathered for a lecture on software development sponsored by Intel Corp. The semiconductor giant planned the event to spark conversation about complex technical topics among employees and others across the globe.

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