Beloved Second Life Sim Leaving the Virtual World at the End of This Month After 14 Years & Millions of Visits Click here this month to teleport into yet another Second Life landmark that’s going away: The luminously beautiful island called Tempura, which since its inception 14 years ago, has attracted well over 2 millions … Continue reading
Facebook Wants to Build a Hi-Res Version of ‘Second Life’
It’s Calling the ‘Metaverse’ An older post of this story was slated to post October last year we decided to run it now with updates. Facebook’s latest futuristic idea, which the company says it wants to build with a team of 10,000 new hires in Europe, sounds like a fancy new version of the mid-aughts … Continue reading
Russian Content Creators in Second Life
Russian Content Creators in Second Life, Now Sanctioned & Unable to Cash Out, Contemplate Bad Options in Both Realities Though Linden Lab has not yet announced any plans to ban payments from Russian users on its virtual world platform of Second Life, the US and EU banking sanctions have already taken their toll on SL … Continue reading
Linden Lab Statement on Ukraine
Linden Lab strives to make positive change in the world by helping people connect, discover themselves, and grow both personally and financially. Ultimately, we build and support communities. Therefore, it is especially shocking to see the actions in Ukraine, to see the unwarranted attacks on people – on communities. We are heartbroken and horrified by … Continue reading
Second Life Community Creates Flickr Group for Virtual Tributes to Ukraine
Wednesday, March 02, 2022 Second Life Community Creates Flickr Group for Virtual Tributes to Ukraine Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting SL STAND FOR UKRAINE is a new Flickr group devoted to Second Life images created in support of the Ukrainian people during Russia’s invasion of the country … Continue reading
Osmia in Hiding
Messages from a Second Life Creator in Ukraine During Russia’s Invasion – UPDATE: Her City is Now Occupied While the Second Life community rallies to support Ukrainian users in the virtual world, such help during a time like this can only go so far. I’ve been thinking about that over the last few days while … Continue reading