Second Life
If you were flipping through the November 18, 2002 issue of Time magazine at the dentist’s office, you would’ve seen a lot of visions for the future. There were the coolest inventions of the year, according to Time, including a “small” 3.5 megapixel camera that “will produce images as clear as today’s 7MP models.” There was also a short blurb about something called Second Life.
From Time magazine:
Ever want to build a cathedral? Underwater? Change your clothes, your face, your whole body? Fly? You can’t do any of that stuff in real life, but you can do it all and more in Second Life, a startlingly lifelike 3-D virtual world now evolving on the Internet. Unlike other shared online adventures, Second Life isn’t about slaying monsters or zapping aliens. It’s about building things, meeting people and expressing yourself. Even if you already have a life, you may want a second one.
The elevator pitch for Second Life sounds nearly identical to the pitch Meta, the company previously known as Facebook, is currently making for its own metaverse. But just how much success will Meta find? That part remains to be seen.
