Does the idea of having a virtual you following the real you around seem rather strange?
Well it's becoming a reality.
But the creation of a virtual Berlin lets people be in two places at the same time - as 20km of the city has been faithfully replicated into an online world. By the end of 2008, 50,000 buildings in the German capital are expected to have been copied into the virtual world. Twinity's Berlin, which it calls a "metaverse" has been created by taking pictures of the city and using them to build 3D facades.
Joining Berlin soon is London where another company is re-creating the city not just based on reality, but mapping it by inch-for-inch. Near Global is launching in 2009 with the promise to offer the most accurate 3D version of a city ever produced as a virtual world.
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