Game Tech: Shooting for the moon can work

Dublin-based Jason Jarvis paid $95,000 for a moon in the virtual world of Entropia, writes Ronan Jennings

JASON Jarvis didn’t just shoot for the moon — he bought it. Jarvis, owner of Virtual Sense, a company that deals in virtual assets and businesses, owns the moon in an online game called Entropia. His goal is to make the moon, which is called Monria, into a thriving community.

“I used to work for a corporate company and the business was pulling out of Europe in 2009,” explains Jarvis. “I’d already been playing Entropia for a number of years and I’d started experimenting with online real estate and the like within the game, as fun way to learn about business. So I decided to see if I could run a real business within a virtual world and I set up Virtual Sense.”