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From Vivox, Bringer of Voice to Virtual Worlds, Strikes Major Deal with Electronic Arts:

Second Life avatars converse using Vivox
Second Life avatars converse using Vivox

The green icons above the avatars’ heads indicate that they are speaking; Vivox’s system detects the positions of the avatars relative to one another and adjusts the stereo position of the voices in the user’s speakers accordingly.

    

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