Man, that takes me back. I used to go to SL. I even learned how to do a few things (crappy clothes, mostly). All I remember is trying to avoid the porn areas and walking around empty buildings. My internet and my PC were such craps, it was all painfully slow. Around that time I had a surgery and then I went to college, so I didn’t have much time to go there anymore.
I always thought there would be more competition in the future, but apparently I’m in the minority that likes the idea of a virtual world where you can meet with people without sessions/lobbies (now I know it’s called a “metaverse”).
VRChat is very different. Neos or Cluster are more like Second Life. VRChat doesn’t have inventory items or attachments or persistent worlds or in-world creation tools.
The problem with a successor to Second Life is that most companies now want to make completely sterile, family and advertiser friendly environments. Even Linden Lab has done this with their recent projects.
A substantial chunk of the reason why it flopped was because they banned sex. SL continues to thrive in good part due to its liberal embrace of sexual content. It would have died out years ago without that. Companies that want to make virtual worlds never learn that lesson.
As someone who makes an actual (meager) living off helping fuel SL’s continued sexual content, that’s one thing that every virtual world ever since has flopped on. They wanna be family and advertiser friendly. People don’t want to be though. Sex sells, better than anything else does.
Can I ask what you do to make that living? An ex of mine spent some time in SL a few years ago so I got to experience some of it mostly second hand. Such a fascinating place.
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It still exists? Weird. I played with it for like, a weekend, and that was plenty.
Man, that takes me back. I used to go to SL. I even learned how to do a few things (crappy clothes, mostly). All I remember is trying to avoid the porn areas and walking around empty buildings. My internet and my PC were such craps, it was all painfully slow. Around that time I had a surgery and then I went to college, so I didn’t have much time to go there anymore.
I always thought there would be more competition in the future, but apparently I’m in the minority that likes the idea of a virtual world where you can meet with people without sessions/lobbies (now I know it’s called a “metaverse”).
Missed the chance for the title “There will never be a second Second Life,” real shame.
No competitor?
What about VRChat?
Yes it has a tenth the users, but it’s also designed around an expensive peripheral you strap to your face which prices out a lot of users.
VRChat is very different. Neos or Cluster are more like Second Life. VRChat doesn’t have inventory items or attachments or persistent worlds or in-world creation tools.
The problem with a successor to Second Life is that most companies now want to make completely sterile, family and advertiser friendly environments. Even Linden Lab has done this with their recent projects.
Linden Lab’s Sansar was their one attempt and it flopped so hard that they came back to desperately put their effort into SecondLife once more.
A substantial chunk of the reason why it flopped was because they banned sex. SL continues to thrive in good part due to its liberal embrace of sexual content. It would have died out years ago without that. Companies that want to make virtual worlds never learn that lesson.
As someone who makes an actual (meager) living off helping fuel SL’s continued sexual content, that’s one thing that every virtual world ever since has flopped on. They wanna be family and advertiser friendly. People don’t want to be though. Sex sells, better than anything else does.
Can I ask what you do to make that living? An ex of mine spent some time in SL a few years ago so I got to experience some of it mostly second hand. Such a fascinating place.
I make and sell… penises! Very advanced ones. Kinda sucks because sure not something you can slap on a resume.
Very cool. I might have to go look up how that even works. Thanks for sharing!
… now I’m curious as to what an “advanced penis” is 😅