Just what is Second Life?

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Filed under: Culture, Opinion, Second Life, Virtual worlds

That's the question that keeps coming up. You may as well ask "What is the Internet?" or the telephone, for that matter. The simple fact of it is, that the answer is different for every user. That's why the media, businesses, universities, educators, students, writers and, indeed, all of us grapple with it every day. Oh, we can say "it's a collaborative virtual world", but that's a bit like calling film "flickering images on a white wall".

Because at the end of the day, it isn't what Second Life is that makes it what it is -- it's what you do with it. It's that human context that makes it something -- and that context is different for everyone. That's why it annoys the crap out of people sometimes.

Are you a part of the most widely-known collaborative virtual environment or keeping a close eye on it? Massively's Second Life coverage keeps you in the loop. Continue reading Just what is Second Life?



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