SAN FRANCISCO -- In Second Life, the online virtual universe that is attracting 3.7 million users, you can light virtual candles for Shabbat, teleport to a Buddhist temple or consult the oracle for ...

If you've followed virtual worlds at all over the last four years, the name Urizenus Sklar will probably mean something to you. Uri, as he was known, was the muckraking journalist who founded the ...

While the public version of the Second Life virtual world remains primarily a playground for self expression and social networking, military and government agencies are taking a more serious look at ...

The U.S. Military Veterans Center in Second Life island features a beach for informal gatherings and recreation. Former service members convey experiences and support in Second Life. U.S. military ...

Second Life is going corporate. The virtual world already has more than 1,400 companies staging meetings and conferences inside its virtual landscapes. But Linden Lab is now taking Second Life into ...

Virtual resiliency center will offer everything from exercise classes to tools for coping with the stress of multiple deployments. The Army is bringing a program to improve troops' physical and ...

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The creator of one of the earliest and most enduringly iconic virtual worlds is returning to his roots. Second Life’s founder Philip Rosedale will rejoin the company he founded in 1999 as a strategic ...

Sun isn’t shy about taking advantage of new Internet technologies – it was one of the first firms to launch employee blogs – so it wasn’t too surprising to see the server maker become the first ...

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Throughout months of metaverse hype, with ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - FBI investigators have visited Second Life's Internet casinos at the invitation of the virtual world's creator Linden Lab, but the U.S. government has not decided on the legality ...