Post by Draconic Onion on Oct 20, 2006 1:31:52 GMT -5
I just had to post something about this after seeing another article about this in my "wired magezine". It's really a super simple yet ingeniously elaborate idea. the ppl down at a place called Linden Labs basically said "What if we made an online world where everything is created by the ppl who live there and where everything is like the real world, except it's not."
Second Life is a online "game" where every single user has the ability to create whatever they want. The more time u invest in learning how to create cool objects the more complex things u can make. Always wanted to make a jet with a built in TV? build and code it to your specifications. Think the rest of the world should bask in your glorious vehicle of the skies but u don't want to make ur hard work go to waste? then sell copies of your jet to others in SL for online money or "Linden Dollars" which can be then exchanged into REAL MONEY. Ppl literally make their living designing stuff on SL. and what's more it's free to join. it'll only cost u money if u want to buy linden dollars to purchase anything in SL. with enough money, u can even own your own Island, build hotels, and then rent out rooms to ppl for money
Check the stories for more details and see the craze sweeping over the nation(and the world).
SL homepage:
secondlife.com/
some Wired Magezine Articles:
wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/sloverview.html
sry the url function didn't wok with these 2, copy and paste
www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,65052,00.html
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,71965-0.html?tw=wn_index_1
CNN story on SL:
money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/12/01/8364581/index.htm
Second Life is a online "game" where every single user has the ability to create whatever they want. The more time u invest in learning how to create cool objects the more complex things u can make. Always wanted to make a jet with a built in TV? build and code it to your specifications. Think the rest of the world should bask in your glorious vehicle of the skies but u don't want to make ur hard work go to waste? then sell copies of your jet to others in SL for online money or "Linden Dollars" which can be then exchanged into REAL MONEY. Ppl literally make their living designing stuff on SL. and what's more it's free to join. it'll only cost u money if u want to buy linden dollars to purchase anything in SL. with enough money, u can even own your own Island, build hotels, and then rent out rooms to ppl for money
Check the stories for more details and see the craze sweeping over the nation(and the world).
SL homepage:
secondlife.com/
some Wired Magezine Articles:
wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/sloverview.html
sry the url function didn't wok with these 2, copy and paste
www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,65052,00.html
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,71965-0.html?tw=wn_index_1
CNN story on SL:
money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/12/01/8364581/index.htm