Second Life
March 8th, 2008 | by Narendra |
Search on e-bay you will find land auctions (you can buy a whole island out of just few dollars), not for a real land but a virtual one, where you can create your own world as you wish. You can create buildings, roads, market-places, parks, you can create merchandising goods, you can sell them in your stores, can display your art.
What is Second Life: We are talking about a Internet-based virtual world ‘Second Life’ – a 3-D space where people could do whatever they want through their online avatars. Its creator is a California based company “Linden Research” (instauration in 2003) and the In-world currency in use Linden dollars comes from the name of the firm (approximately 250 Linden Dollar – L$ – equals to the US Dollar). The official Second Life Linden Dollar exchange is called Lindex.
What People do on Second Life: The millions of people who have bought ‘Second Life’ accounts engage in a range of activities from simply living a “Second life” to architecture, designing, gaming, doing serious business, education, brand promotion, and what not. The platform is so open (you can buy your own island and build a city on it – a city of your dream which you can visualize here. Find second life land pricing here) every kind of person finds something to do, no wonder why thousands are people are always online (living In-world). The technologically apt can use basic computer programming to create their own items in-world, ranging from clothing and accessories to furniture and utensils to buildings and even islands.
Given the site’s popularity, it’s no surprise that there has been a surfeit of books about “Second Life” lately. Wagner James Au, releases a comprehensive history of Second Life’s early days in his book “The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World” (HarperCollins, $25.95).
Is it just a Game: So is this just for fun or is there any serious business in it. As the population is rising, business and society around the “World” have started taking “In-world” seriously, where it will be headed in future is still not surefooted. At least three countries have opened embassy In-world.
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