Meet Ajay and Syn Can real people find true love in a virtual world? It’s happening every day in Second Life and our “Love Made in Second Life” series explores how romance and long-distance relationships can thrive in the metaverse! Ajay McDowwll and Synapse Zabelin met in Second Life, fell in love, moved together in … Continue reading
New Website Tracks Genuine Second Life Activity, Filtering Out AFK Users & Traffic Bots Most active sims in Second Life as of 1:30pm PT BonnieBots is a new website tracking genuine Second Life activity, and the homepage is an incredibly useful guide for finding SL sims with real, active users — as opposed to traffic … Continue reading
Guernica: a statement against war in Second Life Posted on by Inara Pey London Junkers: Guernica – January 2023 The greater portion of humanity’s history can, unfortunately, be told in terms of conflict and war. Whether driven by territorial desires, religious zealotry, political expediency, or inherent ethnic / racial divides, wars large and small, tribal, national … Continue reading
On The Continued Cultural Reach of the Virtual World In case you missed it over the holidays, the New York Times’ story on the use of contemporary art displayed in major opera houses casually mentions that “the Chinese-born multimedia artist Cao Fei is showing a female avatar — a dystopian, pale-white head so imposing that … Continue reading
Good news to start 2023 of with is that Second Life has been positively been growing since 2021. During the past few years Private Estates have increased by at least one thousand regions and Linden Owned regions have increased by at least 500 regions. Hopefully region growth will continue though 2023 and we will be … Continue reading
2022 – Second Life Year In Review A Return to Our Roots…and a New Vision for the Future As 2022 comes to a close, it is time for our annual look back at some of the year’s most notable developments and accomplishments in Second Life. The year 2022 began with a bang as original founder … Continue reading