Second Life

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Definition

“Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of 2,938,247 people from around the globe.” ([1], 17:22, 26 January 2007 (MET)).

In education

There are educational events and even some learning activities (to be documented). Attempts to use a 3D interactive environments, (i.e. virtual habitats based on desktop virtual reality) are not new. E.g. Active Worlds did provide a educational separate server space for years. The only problem is that there is not much to do in such an environment, so why use it then ... ?