Comments on: SLCC '07: Chicago is the metaverse's metropolis

The Windy City has more in common with 'Second Life' than you'd think. Also, nonprofits may be reaping the benefits of the virtual world better than their corporate predecessors could.

[Len Bullard]

Second Life is Dieing

Second Life is dieing, Caroline. No innovation, a backlash that won't quit, radio stations years after other online worlds pioneered them, in other words, it has become a joke because in reality (the real kind), there is nothing to do there to keep people entertained. The corporations know they can privately host businesses and now it is a matter of determining which standards will make a browser worth downloading. It isn't going to be Second Life.

Social Life isn't what this is about because there aren't enough mutual self-interests to sustain it. Hype won't do it either. Content is expensive and the risk of building for a proprietary system is too great. LL made some serious mistakes and at least one fatal one. The trend to watch now is where the emerging class of 3D artists (not game artists, that is a very different breed) will go next with their skills.

[ethana2]

If you want a virtual world that works,

It needs to be open sourced from day one, not as an afterthought. Pathetic last ditch attempts simply don't cut it.

...and people need to be able to host their own servers. There are, after all, more than one planet in this universe.

[play7]

The ship is sinking

Really dont know what to say. The game is a mess, people are unhappy. Nobody pays for anything anymore the hackers are running around without a care in the world. Its a second life where the hell is now open and where people are insult and cause hate all they want.