*Source: News.com (
http://www.news.com/Virtual-world-ma...ag=nefd.lede)*
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SAN JOSE, Calif.--There's about to be a boomlet in kids' virtual worlds.
Parents (
http://www.news.com/When-the-PC-beco...3-6212826.html) and children can expect a raft of new 3D environments for play and socializing in the coming year, thanks to projects from established players like Disney and Neopets (
http://www.neopets.com/), as well as upstarts aiming to unseat them. Of course, momentum has been building in this market all year, punctuated by Disney's $350 million acquisition of kids' phenomenon Club Penguin (
http://www.clubpenguin.com/) this summer. But more companies believe that they can outdo the current crop and capitalize on kids' love of virtual playgrounds.
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