Do you need "Second Life"?

When I firstly heard about the ‘Second life’, I thought it is similar online game with ‘sims’ which is a kind of simulation computer game. However, as I know about second life, I felt my thought was definitely wrong.

What is the big different between second life and sims? Sims is a computer simulation game and Second life is a virtual life. It means that there is no scenario in second life so you don’t have to follow the directions and you should have your plan and then create your own life anonymously.

(this is a part of sims)

Second life is another life which we can create and participate in virtual life. Many people say there is no difference between real life and virtual life. This is to certify that by bigger and bigger the virtual life, many global companies try to participate in Second life. They want to use second life to verify consumers’ responses. Many companies consider second life as place to advertise their product and to test market. It’s very efficient method to let people know their companies with low-cost.

(IBM - in Second Life)

(Samsung - in Second Life)

I think second life can change a way of people communication. If virtual life affects real life, people need to do computer in their home just connecting with virtual life than to move personally in real life. However, it is difficult to predict how much our society accepts this change because it can’t guess how people act in this situation.

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