Second Life and Other Online Games

The Online video game community has grown at a steady pace in recent years. Many people log on to the online world for many reasons. Some, to take a break from the daily drag to enjoy online games such as World of Warcraft, Star wars online & others, (playing wizards, hunters,etc) for hours as a way of relaxation & also competition. Some come online to try their hand at running and operating their own virtual business or to find friendship or even romance. Many have even furthered these budding relationships offline. One of the best known and popular online communities is Second Life.

Second life overview.

On Second Life you can 3gadis login create an avatar, buy land & meet new friends. There is no charge to create a Second Life account or for making use of the world for any period of time. A premium membership ( US$9.95 / mo, US$ 22.50 / mo, or US$ 72/ yr) extends access to an increased level of technical support, and also pays an automatic stipend of L $ 300/ week into your avatar’s account. You can make your avatar any way you choose ( human,animal, vampire, etc) or you can make your avatar look as you do in real life, The avatar is fully customizable. You can create your own avatar shape, skins, and clothes or you can buy these things and other items from other residents who operate virtual shops inworld.

Education and training in SL.

In Second Life you can do many things while inworld, there are Sims that focus on role playing, some are virtual clubs where many residents meet and socialize and some are virtual schools that teaches residents on many different subjects. There are schools ingame on anything from building to scripting to even clothing design and avatar skin creation. There are also other schools dedicated to hosting and djing.

There are also actual real world Universities that use the second Life platform to hold virtual classes online as well as many corporations using the virtual community as a way to hold meetings and even train their employees. Some companies even have their own private Sims just for this purpose.

Second life & The corporate world

Outside of actual universities carrying some of their classrooms and courses over into the virtual world of Second Life, there are many businesses that has decided to follow the trend and use virtual world platforms like second life to either promote some of their merchandise or as a training Simulation for their employees. Companies such as News networks such as CNN, Reuters, & others have seen the advantages & possibilities to broaden their influence and appeal by venturing into the virtual world.

Hollywood has even appeared to be following suit in the past few months by hosting virtual talk shows, complete with a Sim which looks like complete replicas of an actual studio and there were television shows such as CSI: NY, which has done a show using the Second Life platform. So as you can see, Second life offers different things for different people, it’s all what you decide to make of it.

Finding employment in Second Life.