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What Can Big Tech Companies Learn from Second Life?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Second life, one of the world’s first metaverses, was created in 2003 by Linden Lab and received widespread attention. Second Life (SL) is a 3D virtual world that allows individuals to create avatars to explore virtual landscapes, build their own mansions, forests, spaceships.

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All OpenSim stats drop on grid outages

Hypergrid Business

OpenSim is a free open-source, virtual world platform, that’s similar to Second Life and allows people with no technical skills to quickly and cheaply create virtual worlds and teleport to other virtual worlds. This is very useful if you are creating a hyperport.

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OpenSim hits new land, user highs

Hypergrid Business

OpenSim is a free open-source, virtual world platform, that’s similar to Second Life and allows people with no technical skills to quickly and cheaply create virtual worlds and teleport to other virtual worlds. This is very useful if you are creating a hyperport.

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OpenSim area hits new high as usage grows

Hypergrid Business

OpenSim is a free open-source, virtual world platform, that’s similar to Second Life and allows people with no technical skills to quickly and cheaply create virtual worlds and teleport to other virtual worlds. This is very useful if you are creating a hyperport.

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OpenSim area continues growth streak

Hypergrid Business

OpenSim is a free open-source, virtual world platform, that’s similar to Second Life and allows people with no technical skills to quickly and cheaply create virtual worlds and teleport to other virtual worlds. This is very useful if you are creating a hyperport.

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OpenSim starts new year with record high land area

Hypergrid Business

OpenSim is a free open-source, virtual world platform, that’s similar to Second Life and allows people with no technical skills to quickly and cheaply create virtual worlds and teleport to other virtual worlds. This is very useful if you are creating a hyperport.

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How Will the Metaverse Economy Materialize?

AR Insider

Firstly, the term ‘metanomics,’ in relation to virtual worlds and the economy within, is something Doug Thompson was involved in more than a decade ago and ran a show within Second Life and a series of podcasts with the same name. Some ingenious players created a bank in EVE Online back in 2009 called the E-Bank.