Visit the virtual Apple Store in Second Life

Reader Steve Rubel tipped us to the virtual presence of an eerily familiar retail environment inside the Second Life metaverse. In this virtual Apple Store, you can belly up to the Genius Bar, or browse the imaginary products on the not-really-there shelves -- and yes, Laurie, that's a Cube there on the bar. Unlike the physical Apple Stores, though, it is possible to skip the glass elevator and simply fly up to the balcony. This also appears to be a different setup than the "Apple Core" store noted in this Cult Of Mac story from last year.

Rubel bets that this little slice of heaven gets the Apple Legal C&D treatment inside of a few days. Until then, you can visit the store via this SLurl (teleports you to the game location), by searching for "Aapl$tore" inside the game engine, or just look around in this Flickr set of images.

Thanks Steve!