A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police said on Thursday. The woman, who is jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his identification and password to log onto popular interactive game "Maple Story" to carry out the virtual murder in mid-May, a police official in northern Sapporo said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy. "I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry," the official quoted her as telling investigators and admitting the allegations.
The woman killed her online husband's digital persona in a virtual game.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/online-divorcee-jailed-for-killing-virtual-hubby/76668-13.html
Virtual reality has gone a step further with Google's lively.com.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/google-steps-into-the-lively-virtual-world-of-3d/69313-11.html
2008 will see more and more people lead a double life.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/55250/get-a-second-life-get-virtually-real.html
A team of archaeologists, architects and computer specialists has created a virtual city called Rome Reborn.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/ancient-rome-reborn-in-virtual-glory/42756-11.html
Duran Duran is trying to repackage itself as a band for the 21st century, using a virtual reality website.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/web-offers-duran-duran-a-second-life/18151-8.html
Hong Kong researchers are now combining Art Therapy with Virtual Reality to treat child abuse victims.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/virtual-but-real-cure-for-abused-victims/14751-17.html
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