“The online fantasy world Second Life will soon introduce the virtual equivalent of vanity plates, allowing residents to customise their characters’ first and last names,”the smh reports.”Second Life spokesman Alex Yenni said the feature, likely to cost $US100 up front and $US50 a year, would debut by the end of the year.Currently, participants in the popular alternative universe can give their digital proxies - called avatars - nearly any first name they’d like”.

Second Life to charge for names

“The online fantasy world Second Life will soon introduce the virtual equivalent of vanity plates, allowing residents to customise their characters’ first and last names,”the smh reports.”Second Life spokesman Alex Yenni said the feature, likely to cost $US100 up front and $US50 a year, would debut by the end of the year.Currently, participants in the [...]