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In addition to social networking, internet is now providing for creation of virtual offices. ViO (Virtual Innovative Opportunities) is allowing companies to create virtual offices online which will perform similar functions as the real offices. Jones Walker, a prestigious legal firm, has planned to create a virtual office in the Second Life Office Park at ViO.

According to Marketing Officer of ViO, Carol Todd Thomas, Second Life Office Park and other similar things are the indications of future. They will soon become the market leader in selection and training of people as well as marketing of products. She said that it was first invented as a tool for marketing but they finally discovered that it has great possibilities and therefore, decided to expand the scope.

Jones Walker said that social media such as Second Life are the trend of future and that it will be using the platform to conduct meetings, training programs and legal education in the Virtual Office instead of buying a physical office. This will also reduce the cost of business as well.

The joining of Jones Walker has also pleased ViO a lot as the president of ViO, Tony Coolidge, said. According to it, virtual world will soon become much more useful as it will be much better connected than the real world. Thus a virtual world office would be better for the companies as compared to an office situated somewhere in physical form – - click desk rent UK for 1000’s of hot desk and virtual office listings.