Second Life is a virtual world developed by Linden Lab launched on June 23, 2003. Built into the software is a 3D modeling tool based around simple geometric shapes that allows a resident to build virtual objects.
Avatars may take any form that users choose such as human, animal, vegetable, mineral, or a combination. Residents may choose to resemble themselves as they are in real life or they may choose even more abstract forms given that almost every aspect of an avatar is fully customizable.
Second Life has an internal currency, the Linden dollar, it can be used to buy, sell, rent or trade land or goods and services with other users. Virtual goods include buildings, vehicles, devices of all kinds, animations, clothing, skin, hair, jewelry, flora and fauna, and works of art.
Premium membership allows the Resident to own land, with the first 512 m².There is no upper limit on tier at the highest level, the user pays US$295 for their first 65536 m². Any land must first be purchased from either Linden Lab or a private seller. There are four types of land regions such as Mainland, Private Region, Homestead and Open space. Mainland regions form one continuous land mass, while Private regions are islands. Open space regions may be either Mainland or Private, but have lower prim limits and traffic use levels than Mainland regions. Residents must own a region, either Mainland or Private, to qualify for purchasing an Open space region.
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