Who owns second life

Sign in here. Was it sold in June of ? Who now owns Second LIfe? Share More sharing options Followers 1. You are about to reply to a thread that has been inactive for days. Recommended Posts. WildBill March Posted October 27, Posted October 27, Was Second lIfe sold by Linden Labs and if so to whom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Arbotlarne Posted October 27, Jules Catlyn Posted October 27, Rowan Amore Posted October 27, Posted October 27, edited.

Edited October 27, by RowanMinx. Sassy Kenin Posted October 27, You'd be forgiven if you thought Second Life had met the same fate as other lost sites from the early aughts. Linden Lab, the creator of the multiplayer world, declined to give me current numbers, but in Second Life reported more than one million monthly users. More recent numbers from show that number has dropped significantly, to around half a million active monthly users. But in , it was also piquing enough interest to somewhat curiously add nearly , new registrations monthly: people looking to make friends, or maybe just to troll.

I spoke to a few Second Lifers, like Meri, who continue to spend an hour or two of their day running around the virtual world, in search of the enigma that keeps Second Life pulsing.

I met with Meri who prefers to keep an air of anonymity — like most of those I spoke to within Second Life , on the 1, square meter digital plot of property she shares with her partner Thom.

They met in Second Life almost 12 years ago, when she teleported the travel mode of choice into an indie dance party. He came after her and they chatted — a rom-com meet-cute within a virtual world. Two weeks later, she met her now-boyfriend. Two years ago, she moved across the country to be with him. They make a system that turns your avatar into a robot, so to speak. Like it gives it functions where you can add programming roles and all that.

And other people can control you via a remote. Exploration is probably the other big thing for me because there's just so much to see. Steve H. He met one of his best friends while working out at an in-world gym. Those great conversations have led to dates and the aforementioned friend, whose wedding he was a groomsman in in I'd need to keep in touch with them.

Those who I spoke to had full Second Life lives, filled with many of the same hobbies and activities one might enjoy in their first life. Meri, for example, is a music fan, and that was a big reason why she joined in