Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of 6,240,591 people from around the globe.
From the moment you enter the World you'll discover a vast digital continent, teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity. Once you've explored a bit, perhaps you'll find a perfect parcel of land to build your house or business.
You'll also be surrounded by the Creations of your fellow residents. Because residents retain the rights to their digital creations, they can buy, sell and trade with other residents.
The Marketplace currently supports millions of US dollars in monthly transactions. This commerce is handled with the in-world unit-of-trade, the Linden dollar, which can be converted to US dollars at several thriving online Linden Dollar exchanges.
Second life, Mmmm Interesting, but why??? i know it might help certain businesses in a very interesting way as we have reached the time of digital divide. Second life is a perfect example, well.. some of us dont have enough time for this life but yet we have created a second life.
Technology is taking over our lives. We all know it has good and bad advantages. The good side is, it is faster and easier, but the bad side is we are getting lazier. Maybe am being too critical about second life.
The down side of all this is as follows:
We should all be aware that not many people are able to use computers as we are fortunate enough to do so, we should all bear that in mind as not everyone will have access to the second life.
There is also the danger of people existing and interracting with each other and not knowing the sort of people they are dealing with. This type of relationship can breed bad characters and can be dangerous as it can breed crime amongst other things.
PR impact can be important here in the sense that good PR can help everyone understand the ins and outs of the second life. it can lead to a better understanding of what goes on and it will encourage a lot more people to get involved.
On that front there will be introduction of good user guides etc and that can help improve safety.
Welcome to the second life.
