Second Life
Second Life is an online role-playing game launched by Linden Labs in June 2008. Players (called residents) use client programs (called viewers) to enter a virtual world and perform real-life and fictional actions. These actions may include interacting with other users to play activities and exchange items. There are almost one million users currently using Second Life.
History
Second Life was started in 1999 by Linden Lab.
- in november of 2010, Second Life had over 21 million user accounts.
|border="1" align="center" style= "text-align: center;" |Year |Important Historical Event in Second Life |- |1999 |Philip Rosedale formed Linden Lab |- |2008 |Residents spent a total of 28,274,505 hours "inworld" |- |2008 |Second life honored at 59th Annual Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards. |- |2009 |Residents total spent hours drops to 62,000 |- |2010 |Residents total spent hours drops again to 54,000. This is due to new rules implemented by Linden Labs, decreasing the numbers of campers and bots. |- |2010 |Linden Labs laid off 30% of its workforce. |- |2010 |550 million |- |2011 |800 million |- |}
