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As Covid-19 response, Linden Lab discounts Second Life for schools/non-profits
- ComputerGuru 7y agoEveryone and their mother is profiteering, errr, I mean discounting their services to help people affected by COVID-19.
- jszymborski 7y agoEnlightened self-interest is enlightened nonetheless.
- hyko 7y agoWait, second life is still a thing?!
- MockObject 7y agoI remember when it was fiery hot, but I haven't heard it mentioned once in the last decade.
- taborj 7y agoI was thinking about Second Life the other day, and how it seems to be in a position to be useful in this situation. Looks like they think so, too.
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- ShakataGaNai 7y agoI used to be big into Second Life... a long time ago. Its not "bad" because it's old, but it never really took off beyond the initial craze of "this is going to be the next internet!". I remember visiting the Reuters "office" in SL ( https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/reuters-opens-virtual-news-bureau-139720 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/reuters-opens-virtual... )... that closed down just a couple years later ( https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2008/nov/23/reuters-quits-secondlife https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2008/nov/23/reut... ). Last time I checked it out, it was a very different world. Fairly stagnant overall. Except for the furries and adult content. Not that there is anything wrong with those things, but do you want to be taking your school kids on a virtual field trip with that?
- smacktoward 7y agoPersonally, I'd be less concerned with the furries than with the flying penises: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/20/sadville_flyers/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/20/sadville_flyers/
- buboard 7y agoopensimulator is free/open source substitute with exactly the same mechanics.
- ta999999171 7y agoMozilla VR meeting thingy, too?
- einpoklum 7y agoObligatory: https://imgur.com/Lf6QHcw https://imgur.com/Lf6QHcw Get a First Life.