Based on There, Virtual Laguna Beach will be an online world where you don't just watch the hit MTV reality soap Laguna Beach, you "live it!";

MTV is creating an online, virtual version of Laguna Beach which will allow viewers "to inhabit characters from 'Laguna Beach,' making choices and living out... ... recent stories about Laguna Beach

Dubbed "Virtual Laguna Beach," the new customized version of the "There" environment allows fans of the show to create avatars, socialize with friends, partake in a number of branded products...

MTV’s Virtual Laguna Beach, the virtual world tied to its hit TV show, gets its official launch this Wednesday, according to an article in The New York Times.

Little word yet on just what the virtual Laguna Beach will contain, but 3pointD hears it will be separate from the main world of There, will re-create locations and fashion styles from the show,

While I have only been sporadically involved the production of Virtual Laguna Beach, my experience with the project here at Makena has gotten me thinking about the larger cultural implications of...

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MTV Networks' Music, Films and Logo Group announced today that its Virtual Laguna Beach online world, based on the Laguna Beach TV series, has entered its beta phase.

So, MTV's Virtual Laguna Beach is finally official although still in beta. See a press release from There and a news report from here (couldn't resist).

More than 7,000 visitors to Virtual Laguna Beach bought in-world cans of Pepsi and 99% of the site's visitors saw the sponsor's brand, he said.