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by ffhhj 1177 days ago
Right. Second Life was the metaverse 20 years ago, they even sold real state. It slowly died for a reason.
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And for those of us who played around w 2nd life, I’ve yet to see a meta verse demo that was much different than what I remember.
I haven't played around with Second Life and it still looks like Second Life to me too. Except visibly obviously less populated.

Put that one down in the history books as being way ahead of its time. More honest, too.

I remember on my first day teleporting into a random location around some mansion, and an expensive-looking female avatar yelled at me how dare I spawn at a private property. Later I ran through some bars and shops and never visited this swamp again.
I always preferred Active Worlds personally.