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How long do you think before we are in a Ready Player One world where we spend both our free and job time in an alternate reality?
by chrisan 10y ago
How long do you think before we are in a Ready Player One world where we spend both our free and job time in an alternate reality?
- paulddraper 10y agoKinda already there. https://xkcd.com/722/ https://xkcd.com/722/
- wickawic 10y agoAnother comic, another perspective: http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2010-08-10 http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2010-08-10
- mintplant 10y agoI sort of did this with Second Life when I was in my teens, logging on daily to have fun and hang out and also to script/build/sell things for real money, answer support requests in-world and so on. I don't go on nearly as much as I used to, but I still draw some passive income from my store there.
- xiaoma 10y agoI was always curious about 2nd life but never tried it and I'm not sure why. What year was your store's peak revenue? Where do you think most 2nd lifers went? Is there a viable successor these days, maybe in its early stages?
- T-A 10y agoDon't know about parent's store, but SL's peak year was 2009: http://taterunino.net/statcharts/mo_cmedian400full.jpg http://taterunino.net/statcharts/mo_cmedian400full.jpg My guess is most "2nd lifers" still among the living (people with disabilities and medical conditions seem to be overrepresented among users; death announcements are not uncommon) are still around, they just log on less frequently and spend more time in other online worlds. The obvious successors in the works are Linden Lab's own Sansar, https://www.sansar.com/ https://www.sansar.com/ and SL cofounder Rosedale's High Fidelity: https://highfidelity.com/ https://highfidelity.com/
- xiaoma 10y agoThanks!