Second Life provides an incredible environment for business. Even the simplest use of the offices for meetings has the potential to save time, money and carbon – whilst improving the productivity and quality of life of attendees.

depo clients are using the environment for networking, client pitches, recruitment and events as well.

More sophisticated uses are beginning to be developed. Informa plc have recently taken delivery of a significant information portal to support their global careers initiative.

Other developments include the use of virtual offices as a genuine alternative to real life workplaces. The first wave of such developments is likely to be IT development projects, but depo have already begun work on determining how front, middle and back office processes can be run and managed through virtual offices. The potential benefits are immense.