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11.22.09

Businesses Seek a New Lease on Second Life

Will a focus on more specific uses like shopping and conferences save what has become one of the Internet's most disappointing technologies?

By Devanshu Patel Posted 05.19.2009 at 1:19 pm 5 Comments

What ever happened to the online virtual world revolution? You know, the one where everyone would spend hours every day blinging out their Second Life avatars and crashing weddings in World of Warcraft?

Well, those days never quite materialized. The media fanfare around virtual worlds has transitioned from an initial wildfire of exuberance to essentially nothing, as expectations for growth and revenue failed to pay off.

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Second Life Prepping for a Second Boom

The founder of the popular online world says technology will drive a jump in the number of regular visitors

By Gregory Mone Posted 04.22.2008 at 3:45 pm 7 Comments

The knock on popular virtual world Second Life has been that it's a little slow, and not entirely easy to use. Sure, it has roughly 13 million registered citizens, but only a few hundred thousand are actual devotees who spend a fair amount of time in the alternate universe.

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READ MORE ABOUT > Gregory Mone, internet life, linden labs, philip rosedale, second life, virtual worlds