Virtual Laguna Beach Prototype Available in Second Life

You probably already know that last week MTV officially launched its Virtual Laguna Beach.  But, The Electric Sheep Company has posted today that the prototype for VLB was built in Second Life – and is now open to the public there.  Check out the Second Life Virtual Laguna Beach prototype here: secondlife/laguna beach/43/215/23/.

I recommend the you also drop by MTV’s “sneak peak” beta site  and at least take a look at the promo video on the home page and click in on the VLB Central page (Events page wasn’t working for me).  MTV is showing this Tuesday’s (tomorrow’s) Winter Formal episode in VLB before it airs on TV, and inviting everyone to join in on the “first ever” VLB Winter Formal. 

They’ve done a nice “Visitor’s Guide” – which will give you an idea of the features. But, hey, go all the way and register!  I'll be checking it out.

Tracking this one, but my hunch is, if nothing else, it is going to be a very interesting experiment in "socializing" a tv show and may be beating one path through to the next generation of tv.