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Second Life

Second Life is a multi-user virtual world that allows people to create an avatar for themselves and then interact with other users (known as 'Residents') and user-created content within a multi-user online environment. Developed for personal computers by the San Francisco-based firm Linden Lab, it publicly launched on June 23, 2003, and saw rapid growth…

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Available in
12 languages
Developer
Linden Lab
Engine
Open-source (C++, OpenGL)
License
LGPL-2.1-or-later
Platform
Windows · macOS · Linux (in development) · iOS (beta) · Android (beta)
Release
June 23, 2003; 23 years ago (2003-06-23)

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Residents and avatars

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Second Life

Nodes186
Edges185
Triples486
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010753
Components1

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Second Life

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related to Further reading · 82
Second Life → Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, About, Abu Saleh Md Mahfujur, Academic Consulting Environment, Age, An Anthropologist Explores, Arizona, Assessment, Bell, Boellstorff, Business Horizons, Challenges Faced, Coming, Conference, Consumer, Dinçer, Dummies, Education, Fraud, Games
related to In popular culture · 26
Second Life → American, Authors George, Charles Stross, CSI, Dwight Schrute, February, Governor, In, In September, June, Local Ad, Martin, May, MMO, Musicians, November, NY, Paul Levinson, Rainn Wilson, Redzone
related to Economy · 18
Second Life → Ailin Graef, Anshe Chung, At, GDP, Gross, However, In, Linden Dollar, Linden Dollars, Linden Lab, PayPal, Residents, Second Life's, September, She, The, There, US
related to history · 18
Second Life → Although, Anshe Chung, At, BusinessWeek, By, California, In, Linden Lab, Linden World, Neal Stephenson's, Philip Rosedale, Rosedale, San Diego, Second Life's, Snow Crash, That, The Rig, University
related to The Emerald client and in-world logging scripts · 18
Second Life → DDOS, Due, Emerald, Emerald's, Firestorm Viewer, In, Linden Lab, Off-the-Record Messaging, One, Phoenix, Second Life's, Several, Shortly, Snowglobe, The, The Emerald, The Phoenix, Trojan
related to Ban of Woodbury University · 17
Second Life → According, Berlin Wall, California, Clift, Culture, Design, Edward Clift, Higher Education, Linden Lab, Meanwhile, Media, On April, School, Soviet Union, The, The Chronicle, Woodbury University
related to Embassies · 16
Second Life → Carl Bildt, DiploFoundation, Diplomacy Island, Diplomatic Academy, Diplomatic Museum, Foreign Affairs, In May, Run, Second Life's, Sweden, Sweden's, Swedish Institute, The Island, The Maldives, The Swedish Minister, Virtual Diplomacy Project
related to Religion · 16
Second Life → Anglican, Christian, Christianity, Congregation, Edmond, Experience Island, FUUCSL Congregation, In, In July, LifeChurch, Mark Brown, Oklahoma, Religious, Services, The First Unitarian Universalist, US
related to Relationships · 15
Second Life → BDSM, Booperkit, Booperkit Moseley, England, Gorean, However, In, Romantic, Shukran, Shukran Fahid, Some, The, There, They, United States
related to Residents and avatars · 13
Second Life → Avatar, Avatars, Certain, However, Linden Lab, Premium, Resident, Residents, There, They, This, US, USD

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second life linden virtual lab users world also content one avatars 2007 used objects residents 2008 may use sl online

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Second LifeAvailable in12 languages1.00infobox
Second LifeDeveloperLinden Lab1.00infobox
Second LifeEngineOpen-source (C++, OpenGL)1.00infobox
Second LifeLicenseLGPL-2.1-or-later1.00infobox
Second LifePlatformWindows1.00infobox
Second LifePlatformmacOS1.00infobox
Second LifePlatformLinux (in development)1.00infobox
Second LifePlatformiOS (beta)1.00infobox
Second LifePlatformAndroid (beta)1.00infobox
Second LifeReleaseJune 23, 2003; 23 years ago (2003-06-23)1.00infobox
Second LifeRepositorygithub.com/secondlife/viewer1.00infobox
Second LifeWebsitesecondlife.com1.00infobox
Second LifeWritten inC++1.00infobox
Second Lifeis amulti-user virtual world that allows people to create an avatar for themselves and then interact with other users0.90text
Second Lifeis amulti-user virtual world0.90text

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