'Stay at Home Valley' is a virtual recreation of Silicon Valley's tech scene - Business Insider

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Hunkered-down tech workers created a virtual Silicon Valley with dozens of offices like Salesforce and Uber and a 'secret tunnel for Jack Dorsey' as the region remains shut down

, in the collaborative web design platform Figma. Kimmel told Business Insider that she started with a few landmarks, and then shared it with other designers to add what they wish.

The result is a virtual placeholder for Silicon Valley insiders to build and "live in" their region and among its idiosyncrasies as the real-world landscape is currently shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.Kimmel said she wanted to create something that felt almost like playing the SIMS or Animal Crossing.

Its virtual office shows shoes outside the office in a nod to the company's shoeless culture. Employees were known to scurry around the office in socks or slippers, leaving their shoes at their door.Katie Canales/Business InsiderTechies started adding their respective companies, like payment company Stripe.

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