For much of the history of the Internet, people entered deeper and deeper into the virtual world, through social networking, gaming and virtual reality.

在互联网的历史上，很多情况下是人们通过网络交际、游戏和虚拟现实而越来越深的陷入虚拟世界。

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The emergence of the virtual world created a wide variety of gaming equipment and gaming currency.

虚拟世界的出现造就了各式各样的游戏装备和游戏币。

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Not only was Castronova rejecting bitcoin as a gaming currency, he was condemning the unregulated virtual world to a gray, inflationary future of State-sanctioned centrally-managed currency roach motels.

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If Buffett can pull off the same type of experience in the virtual world, THQ may have something to build on in the casual gaming space.

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Australian start-up Virtual Gaming Worlds is nearing the home stretch in development of a free-to-play MMO called Chumba World.

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