Second Life

Not Much Life in China’s Virtual Worlds

While Chinese versions of virtual world games are attracting corporate advertisers, they have not yet attracted as many players as was originally hoped. From Business Week: Last November, Procter & Gamble’s (PG) Vidal...

A New Lease on Life – Adam Hsu and Alex Pasternack

That’s Beijing has a feature on the new Chnese virtual worlds that are trying to compete with Second Life: If Second Life is populated by only the occasional virtual Chinatown, the Beijing-born HiPiHi World turns the whole metaverse Chinese. With capital investment over USD 3 million and interest from foreign companies like Intel and Google, […]

Second Life millionaire is Chinese – Jeremy Goldkorn

From Danwei blog: Second Life is a popular virtual reality game. According to Red Herring, Second Life has more than 1.6 million users, who “generate more than $650,000 each day through the sale of digital goods, a virtual economy that has made it possible for many to make a living solely through the creation and […]

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