City of Decatur, Georgia Mulling Virtual World Interface

[Friggintitsman]

http://gizmodo.com/5115232/city-of-d...orld-interface

Not one to be outdone by the likes of PlayStation Home, World of Warcraft, or even that cesspool of flying dildos Second Life, the city of Decatur, Georgia might be going virtual. The virtual city, or "Virtual Decatur" as the fine elected officials of Decatur are calling it, would be a networking hub for the city as part of a greater overall effort to boost the economy.

Virtual Decatur is only in the planning stages, but designers have already listed a number of MMO-type qualities they'd like to see implemented. There would be custom avatars and chatting, like there is in any number of MMOs today, but in Virtual Decatur the residents, non-residents and government officials would bear certain marks, so that they'd be easily distinguishable from one another. Business owners would have the option of a virtual storefront if they donated to the city.

The virtual world would also boast achievements (GovBlago2213, You've unlocked a senate seat!). Back in the real world, these achievement points could be turned into coupons or discounts for participating businesses.

[Halfwit]

GOD DAMN JEWS

[Friggintitsman]

This will greatly boost my peeping tom capabilities.

[Revmaynard]

They whole downtown Decatur area was supposed to be going wireless for free. Not sure if it panned out, but this other news doesn't surprise me.

[Friggintitsman]

Why use a shit hole like Decatur is my question

[Revmaynard]

Atlanta is a big shit hole, too. Besides, Decatur is FULL of schools and a few colleges. So I mean, they could potentially have better results as far as people actually joining up to that ish. Just my opinion.