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I still really don’t get Second Life;

Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of 3,631,035 people from around the globe.

* From the moment you enter the World you’ll discover a vast digital continent, teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity. Once you’ve explored a bit, perhaps you’ll find a perfect parcel of land to build your house or business.

* You’ll also be surrounded by the Creations of your fellow residents. Because residents retain the rights to their digital creations, they can buy, sell and trade with other residents.

* The Marketplace currently supports millions of US dollars in monthly transactions. This commerce is handled with the in-world unit-of-trade, the Linden dollar, which can be converted to US dollars at several thriving online Linden Dollar exchanges.

Well I suppose in a way I do get it, I mean I know what it is.. That’s mainly because back in 1998 we came up with an idea called Bomba Dang, an environment centred around a virtual world that you controlled and interacted with, we’d planned on making money from specific advertising around the players interests and behaviour. If only I’d pushed some effort into it I might be worth a bit by now!!

Many people see Second Life as a bit of a waste of space, a place people hide form the real world. Get a First Life is a great parody on second life..

But IBM have pushed Second Life hard, we’ve set up a business unit, even Sams jumped into the virtual world, IBM pushing a $100 million investment into the virtual world to incubate new businesses.

But I’m confused.. mainly because I never got how to actually work it.. I loaded it on the Mac months ago.. I got an avatar, I logged in… and all I managed to do was to take off my clothes and sit in a fountain.. I’m probably still sat there in the fountain, butt naked and being gapped at my other bewildered virtual users.

Of course I took my clothes off purely by accident, and it wasn’t my intent to make my first excursion into the virtual world as some sort of cyber-streaker..

Even us Magishes are moving into Second Life; Sin City has put an open call out for Second Lifers to move into Nevada’s favorite destination and make it just as wild of a place as it’s flesh and blood version is;

Welcome to Ace of Spades, a modern based SL located in the heart of Las Vegas, Nevada. In Vegas, everything and anything goes, and your character has a chance to be a part of it. Just visiting? Vacation home? Resident? Star performer like Siegfried and Roy or the show Cirque du Soleil? Entrepreneur? Part of the mafia? Then you’ve come to the right place. This isn’t your typical apartment style storyline. We’re looking for fun, creative, and active members for this new, up and coming SL.

So what am I missing?? Why cant I see what I need to do, and how to do it? and why aren’t I seeing what other people see?

Maybe I’m being like the people I spoke to when I first got ‘The internet’ when I was about 18.. Their comments were pretty much ‘..well what do you wanna do that for.. it’s pointless its not going anyplace.. I don’t get it..’

So I guess some how in my onward journey in IBM I should get my head around exactly what’s happening with Virtual Environments and Businesses ?

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