We might have seen what it's like to have a First Life - as posted by Jack yesterday - but what about when the real world starts to leak into the virtual?
Over at his Hackdiary blog, Matt Biddulph has been exploring real world inputs into Second Life (there's a short video on his site).
Essentially: twist the nob on the Arduino hardware prototyping board and it moves an object inside Second Life. OK, limited now - but imagine the possibilities for physical objects that interact with virtual worlds (even if I'm sceptical of Second Life's vaunted popularity and have found it nigh impossible to use).