] There developers creating "virtual Earth" ] ] The Department of Defense is commissioning a re-creation ] of the entire planet from online-sim maker. ] ] As a rule, the developers of There prefer calling their ] creation a "virtual world" rather than a "game." ] ] Now it looks like that statement will no longer be ] hyperbole. ] ] According to a report on the BBC and HomeLAN Fed, the ] Department of Defense has commissioned the Menlo Park, ] California, company to create a replica of the entire ] planet. According to the report, the Earth sim will be to ] scale, featuring real-world distances--so if a user's ] avatar wanted to spend three months riding a bike around ] the Australian coastline, it could. There developers creating 'virtual Earth' |