What Ever Happened to Second Life?

We Took a Tour of the Abandoned College Campuses of Second Life

Patrick Hogan | August 13, 2015

Once upon a time, in the year 2007, people were really excited about Second Life.
Businessweek ran a cover story with the headline “Virtual World, Real Money.” Brands opened stores in Second Life malls. It was even featured on an episode of The Office.

Northern Virginia Community College. This school appears to have actually used Second Life for classes. Real, numbered, non-computer science classes. Source: http://fusion.net/story/181901/we-took-a-tour-of-the-abandoned-college-campuses-of-second-life/

Colleges were among those that bought the hype of the Linden Lab-developed virtual world. Many universities set up their own private islands to engage students; some even held classes within Second Life.

<more at http://fusion.net/story/181901/we-took-a-tour-of-the-abandoned-college-campuses-of-second-life/; related links: http://www.gridsurvey.com/ (Secodn Life Grid Survey - Region Database. August 19, 2015) and https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Highlights-from-the-Second-Life-Destination-Guide-6-19-2015/ba-p/2942463 (Highlights from the Second Life Destination Guide 6/19/2015. June 19, 2015)>