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Second Life, name says it all, it’s practically a second world for you to live your second life in. Second Life is a popular online 3D virtual world, created and made possible by Linden Lab. It’s not your typical online game, instead, it’s a place for you to interact with others, or get together with your colleagues or friends to engage in a range of online activities. Activities can mean socializing, playing games, shopping, gaining education, investing in real estate or even attending meetings and presentations in the virtual world.
Residents of the Second Life are avatars; these avatars can be designed to the likes of their users. Users mainly use Second Life as a social networking tool, to connect better with old classmates or schoolmates, or even customers and colleagues. To make your second life even more interesting, you can even use animations or gestures to enhance your world. Second Life is a great way to boost your communication skills!
Second Life can be remarkably entertaining, and it is too quite beneficial to the business world. Companies like Sun, Dell, and even Intel, have gotten themselves involved in the reality world. By transferring themselves into the second world, they have the chance to boost their popularity and connect better with their customers. It really says something about how the videogame world has advanced!
In addition, this social networking virtual world brings users a chance to invest and to earn real money, because Second Life supports real in-world economy. Residents are able to create objects based on their own creativity, and sell them to others, earning themselves an income. Residents can convert Linden Dollars (Second Life currency) into US dollars and vice versa.
Besides that, Second Life has earned a whole great deal of publicity recently, thanks to a virtual property seller, who has earned a million dollars (US $) just by selling virtual properties, unreal properties. Like all other real estate investors, she buys properties, redevelops it, resells it and uses the profit to invest in more. By doing so, in the long term, she has proudly earned herself a million dollars.
Hundreds of educational organizations like colleges and universities have made their impact in Second Life. They believe that Second Life is going to be a part of their future plans to provide a platform for students to engage in rich, sensory experiences. Students can easily gain access to vital information and education, thanks to Second Life.
The NMC, New Media Consortium, is the largest educational organization in the game that supports not only classes but demonstrations and exhibitions as well. The campus has hosted a wide number of speakers, events and even online conferences.
If you’re an art or science lover, you should drop by the Exploratorium. It’s like a museum, just better. The Exploratorium provides users a space to explore art and science, through all its exhibits. This includes optical illusions, perception exhibits, 3D maps and much more.
Unfortunately, you’ll need a good graphic card if you were to enjoy all its beautiful designs and graphics this 3D world has to provide. Even so, everything else can no doubt prove to be a worthwhile experience for all of you.
Ratings: 4.2 out of 5
To conclude, Second Life really is a second life – there’s just so many things for you to do here. Don’t expect this to be a run-of-the-mill shooter action packed game, as Second Life actually tries hard to recreate a normal life experience for the average person, which includes socializing, working, and having relationships. If those kind of things are your cup of tea, you’ll be sure to find a second life in Second Life.