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A Brave New World: Intro To Second Life

January 17, 2008 By Sharon

Perhaps you’ve heard your friends or colleagues make references to their adventures, exploits, or business endeavors in Second Life and have wondered “What is the DEAL??? Isn’t that a pretend world? Why are there so many people spending so much time and money in there?”


I have got to admit that the concept of Second Life went over my head the first few times I heard about it–I just couldn’t wrap my mind around what the seemingly irresistible appeal of it was. Last year I decided that the only way to really understand what the dealio was was to stop thinking about it and just do it.

So I took a flying leap into the vast blue ocean that is Second Life and started exploring and getting involved in community activities.I am excited and scared to know that I now have a legitimate business excuse to be hanging out in Second Life again, so I don’t have to feel guilty about spending time in there. Excited because it’s a hoot! Scared because it has the potential to be a major time sucker-upper if you don’t keep a tight reign on things. It’s easy to lose yourself in Second Life.

I can barely explain what it’s like to work virtually in the real world, so I have no hope at this point of explaining what it’s like to work/live/play virtually in a virtual world, so if you’re curious about what Second Life is, please just watch this video. The British little boy does a much better job than I ever could 🙂 .

Oh, and if you’re interested in exploring it further, please leave me a comment, and maybe we could meet up “in-world” as they call it 🙂 and explore together.

Filed Under: Features, Platforms, Second Life

Sharon

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