Thanks to Alan Lepofsky, today I discovered some interesting buildings at the IBM 12 islands at Second Life (more info at the eightbar team blog).

Alan, who acted as a host, guided us through some of the key spots:

He also shows us how to take the train tour, who flies around the IBM complex:

And surprise! After the tour, I discovered an IBM System 360 replica:

I think this kind of initiatives has an enormous potential, despite some negative commentary about the early of this technology. Related to the financial sector (the one where I’m actually working on), I hope we will see in brief some bank branch offices openings, as the ABN AMRO branch opening.