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Second Life

June 2023

  • Illustration of a plant with one upright flower with the Second Life logo on it, and one drooping flower with the Meta logo on it

    Who needs the Metaverse? Meet the people still living on Second Life

    Mark Zuckerberg’s grand vision for an online existence has been laughed off as a corporate folly. Meanwhile, those still existing happily on a virtual world launched 20 years ago may be wondering what all the fuss is about …

August 2021

  • Alex Hern

    Now Zuckerberg wants Facebook to be master of the virtual universe

    Alex Hern
    The social media magnate has evidently decided that the ‘metaverse’ is the way forward. But should we be worried?

September 2014

  • grumpy cat

    The ultimate internet glossary: from 4chan to Zynga

    Know your lolz from your lulzsec, and your belfies from your selfies? Hannah Jane Parkinson is here to help with an almost definitive list of digital geekery

June 2014

  • Second Life will one day work with Facebook's Oculus Rift VR headset.

    Virtual world Second Life to be reincarnated, with Oculus Rift

  • Venexia city in Second Life

    The best virtual cities

June 2012

  • Online love: Melanie Gideon and husband

    The way we love now: couples who meet online

    In the last 20 years, there has been a quiet revolution in the way we fall in love, not just on dating websites, but on Facebook, Twitter, Second Life… Melanie Gideon, one ot the first to start a relationship online, tells her story. Plus six other couples on how they clicked

March 2011

  • Krotoski column

    Untangling the web with Aleks Krotoski
    The value of money: is it the same online?

    The web is a world of plenty, so why do we still try to put a price on everything?

December 2010

  • The question
    Taking the pulse of preaching

    Simon Jenkins
    Simon Jenkins: Preaching is alive and well online, and in church the Mystery Worshipper project shows sermons remain significant, too

August 2010

  • second life

    Virtual worlds: is this where real life is heading?

    The registered population of online communities such as Second Life and Blue Mars is now greater than that of the US and Europe combined. Today's residents of the simulated universe aren't just socialising but doing big business, reports Victor Keegan

February 2010

  • Google Map Trans-Siberian Railway

    Travel blog
    Virtual travel: the final frontier?

    Google's new map of the Trans-Siberian Railway is a thing of beauty, says Benji Lanyado, but can virtual travel ever replace the real thing?

January 2010

  • Second Life

    Technology blog
    What I can't find on zubworld, FourSquare or Gowalla: any point in taking part

    Services or games that offer to let you "own" locations in the real world have one fatal flaw: anyone can create another which will use the same location.

December 2009

  • Virtual reality is coming of age

    Alexander Walters
    Alexander Walters: If you want evidence of how virtual worlds are breaking into the mainstream, look at how commerce is taking hold within them

November 2009

  • FarmVille Facebook game

    Game theory
    FarmVille: who knew boredom could be a cash crop?

    Jack Arnott

    Jack Arnott: The success of the Facebook farming app may mystify hardcore gamers, but it points to big things

October 2009

  • The real-world boom in online cities

    Victor Keegan
    Victor Keegan: From Toyko to Helsinki and from Paris to Philadelphia, 3D virtual cities are being built at the pace of 19th-century railway mania
  • Second Life

    Learning English
    Language learning: find more to say in a virtual world

    When Second Life first took off it was predicted to revolutionise language learning, but has it?

  • Man taking gold from safe

    Are online currencies striking gold?

    The economies of virtual worlds and social networks are growing in strength and sophistication – with real-world consequences

August 2009

  • Letters and blogs

  • Aleks Krotoski

    Game theory
    Why World of Warcraft may be the future of the nation-state

    Aleks Krotoski

July 2009

  • Second Life

    Virtual worlds are getting a second life

    Victor Keegan

    Victor Keegan: Second Life and other virtual worlds are not only booming – with membership growing by 39% in the second quarter of this year – but they are also making money

May 2009

  • Second Life

    Cyber affairs cited in breakdown of real marriages

    Social networking sites and websites that facilitate adultery increasingly cited in divorce cases, say lawyers

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