A screenshot from the virtual reality world "Second Life." Correspondent A version of this article was published in TIME’s newsletter Into the Metaverse. Subscribe for a weekly guide to the future of ...
Second Life is a virtual environment in which avatars — visual representations of users or “residents” — can interact. If you’re familiar with The Sims, it’s superficially similar, since it’s less a ...
FOR MANY, THE “metaverse” — an all-enveloping, all-online world — is a fairly new concept. For the regulars on Second Life, it’s just part of everyday reality. Second Life is an immersive online ...