Our latest coverage of Second Life.
Linden Lab’s virtual world Second Life is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a range of events, both in and out of the game. The festivities include an in-game concert which was held this past weekend, a Shop 'N Hop event for player-made cosmetic purchases, developer panels, and free giveaways. Players also have the chance to win various prizes such as [...]
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Second Life is turning 18 today and developer Linden Labs is celebrating the online virtual world’s coming of age with various activities, including community-created exhibitions, exclusive items and deals from Shop & Hop, and special Town Hall Q&A events. Second Life’s creators also took the opportunity to announce that the virtual world has logged over 200,000 daily active users from [...]
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Imagine the wacky and creative worlds of Second Life but as a virtual reality experience and you end up with Sansar: Linden Labs' next project that is coming soon[ish]. A few hundred creators—people who make assets to be used in the world—were recently invited to test out Sansar, according to VentureBeat. As with Second Life, players with some artistic [...]
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Second Life is a unique online virtual world where players can socialize, roleplay, and explore in a sandbox environment. Avatars, clothes, animations, houses, and even minigames within Second Life are all created by other players, called residents. Publisher: Linden Lab Playerbase: Medium Type: MMO Virtual Universe Release Date: June 23, 2003 Pros: +Player-crafted items. +Near infinite customization options. +Countless unique [...]
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In an interview with Neilie Johnson on mmorpg.com, Linden Labs has shared some new information about Project Sansar, the successor to popular virtual world Second Life. According to Linden Labs, the next-generation virtual world has been designed in a way which "the creator is king" and will provide better tools and resources for them to make money. Rather than the [...]
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