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Second Life founder returns for another crack at the metaverse

TechSpot

Some of High Fidelity’s employees will be joining Linden Lab as well, and Rosedale is also rejoining Second Life as a strategic advisor. Rosedale’s social virtual reality company High Fidelity has acquired an interest in Linden Lab, which is said to include a cash investment and distributed computing patents.

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Second Life, the original metaverse app, is getting a mobile release

TechSpot

Linden Lab recently posted a brief video on its community forum to announce that Second Life will soon have a mobile counterpart. For the first time in 20 years, the virtual world where "residents" enjoy their low-polygonal internet life is expanding its reach beyond traditional desktop platforms. Read Entire Article

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Alphabet spins off laser-based Internet backbone provider Taara

Ars Technica

However, its lasers found a second life on Taaras towers under engineer Mahesh Krishnaswamy. Loon was wound up in 2021 due to the political and regulatory hurdles to flying the balloons and the difficulty of servicing the 20-mile-high equipment. Read full article Comments

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Second Life joins the metaverse discussion with the return of its founder — and some key patents

The Verge

A recruiter works on a computer, 19 June 2007 at the cyber cafe “Le Milk” in Paris, during the Neo Job-Meeting (NJM) event, the first virtual job fair on the 3-D “Second Life” on-line game. Speaking to CNET , Rosedale said High Fidelity is shifting seven people to work on Second Life.

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Jibo, the social robot that was supposed to die, is getting a second life

The Verge

They started making end of life plans for their Jibos. But now, they’re finding out that Jibo’s life has been prolonged. The robot they welcomed into their homes, loved, and cared for, is being given a second life by a new company that’s purchased all its rights and patents.

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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Also worth a mention Second Life (founded in 2003) – an online platform that allows people to create an avatar for themselves and have a second life in a virtual world. A visit to the Second Life Marketplace can help you better understand the concept of shopping for NFTs in the Metaverse.

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Google+, QR Codes and Second Life?

Care2

Memories came flooding back from January 2007 RootsCamp where a cadre of attendees were chanting “Second Life!” ” and holding up their open hands to replicate the Second Life logo. At the time no one could stop talking about the one nonprofit that had raised significant money on Second Life.