Second Life is an upcoming virtual world that is becoming more popular every day. People can log on and make an alter ego, where they can control their every decision. You can do anything from go shopping with actual money to be physical with other virtual people.<\/p>\n
According to Urban Dictionary, Second Life is defined as, “A virtual world in which a desperately lonely person can adopt an alter ego and live out an utterly pointless existence every bit as mundane as their non-virtual life. The “noughties” version of Dungeons and Dragons but without the trolls and orcs. A baffling and ultimately sad indictment of how people interact today.” Although this definition is funny and interesting, Second Life doesnt necessarily have to be for loners. It can be useful for shy or busy people, who dont have the communication skills or time to go out and experience the real world.<\/p>\n
MTV did a documentary on this new way of life. I found it interesting how serious the users take it. According to secondlife.com, Second Life is, “Second Life\u00ae<\/sup> is a 3-D virtual world created by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of Residents from around the globe.” I do think that Second Life can be a positive experience for some, I in no way think it can replace your “First Life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Second Life is an upcoming virtual world that is becoming more popular every day. People can log on and make an alter ego, where they can control their every decision. You can do anything from go shopping with actual money to be physical with other virtual people. According to Urban Dictionary, Second Life is defined … Continue reading “Second Life”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2008\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2008\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2008\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2008\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2008\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2008\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2008\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions\/947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2008\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2008\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2008\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}