Georgia City Wants to Develop a Virtual World Interface2009-10-15 00:00:00Uh, I'd like to pay my property tax, sign up for trash collection and could the police department do something about that Orc who lives around the corner?
Well, it's not quite like that, but the City of Decatur, Georgia is evaluating the use of a virtual world interface to "encourage community networking, improve civic engagement, and promote economic development."
The project even has a name: Virtual Decatur.
A website devoted to Virtual Decatur references Second Life and World of Warcraft, although not necessarily as models. From the site:
Virtual Decatur will provide an environm...
