Virtual worlds as an added layer to the media strategy of the White House?

Remember president Barack Obama in Ghana, about a week ago? In the rich “philosophical salon” tradition of virtual worlds, the visit was watched and discussed in Second Life and Metaplace. I posted about the event, but if you want to see an extremely well made video about the event, here is a masterpiece by machinima blogger Draxtor Despres : Draxtor Despres is wondering whether this is the start of a continuous effort by the White House to use virtual worlds as an added layer to their me