Second Life

Developed by Linden Research, Second Life is a 3D virtual world entirely built and owned by its users. Echoing the 'real world', in Second Life you can own land, trade goods and services, engage with the artistic community and participate in educational activities.Residents are represented in Second Life by avatars which are human in appearance but may be of either sex and have a wide variety of humanoid of other forms. Avatars communicate through two main methods of text communication: local chat and instant messaging.

Some interesting facts about Second Life

• There are over 9.1 million residents (as of August 2007).
• 9,195 islands were added during July 2007.
• The currency of Second Life, the Linden Dollar, can be converted to US dollars at several Linden Dollar exchanges (sparking the interest of various taxation departments around the world).
• The Maldives was the first country to open an embassy in Second Life.

For more information on Second Life, go to:

• What is Second Life?
• Wikipedia entry on Second Life

Demonstration of Second Life

Watch the following video demonstrations on YouTube:

• Business and Second Life

Resources

• Economy in Second Life
• Business opportunities in Second Life
• Second Life Business Communicators Wiki
• Starting a Second Life business