Second Life

Save the date! On June 23rd, Second Life turns 23 🎉 The SL23B celebrations run from June 18th through July 19th, 2026, and this year’s theme is The Golden Age of Hollywood. Join us and be part of the celebration! ✨🎬 Exhibitor and Performer applications are now open until May 18th, 2026. ➡️ second.life/sl23b032726 #SecondLife #SecondLifeBirthday #SL23B #LindenLab

A wooden sword. An enchanted battlefield. In Second Life, creativity does not stop at pretend. Play with possibilities. Step into the story. 🎬 Video created by Sergio Castellanos #SecondLife #VirtualWorld #FantasyLife #Gaming #Metaverse

Dragons. Magic. Endless worlds. In Second Life, you do not just play. You become. Go beyond your imagination. Live the impossible. 🎬 Video created by @AnyBergan #SecondLife #Explore #FantasyWorld #VirtualLife #Gaming

I talked with @philiprosedale, founder and CEO of @LindenLab and creator of @SecondLife, about the nature of self, society, and the design of virtual worlds. We discussed the phenomenology of waking up and coalescing into a self, the polycrisis and whether to work on AI or on software that helps people get along better, Philip's role-based sense of identity, his messianic feeling during Second Life's early days versus a more Zen perspective now, humanity's place in the cosmic timeline, resistance to the techie utopian view that humans are merely a stepping stone to AI, the duty to "think local" and align at the scale of immediate community, Doug Rushkoff's "team human" concept, shared objective reality as social glue, the danger that technology has reduced the coherence of our collective worldview, Jim's "minimum viable metaphysics" and the reality assumption as operationally necessary, overapplying quantum mechanics to produce anti-realist worldviews, Philip's founding vision for Second Life as an emergent system contrasted with Old Testament god-game design, Craig Reynolds' Boids flocking rules and the tattoo encoding cohesion, separation, and alignment, emergent currency as a feature rather than a bug, the demand for beautiful avatars and identity expression as the first break from the simulation dream, why low-fidelity text platforms became massive while Second Life became big but not huge, the uncanny valley problem and its origins, AI video generation as a potential breakthrough for real-time believable face animation in virtual worlds, the whites of human eyes as a social signaling adaptation, the topology of connectivity producing different social emergence, Second Life's local topology versus Twitter's power-law scale-free network, the Game B concept of the membrane and voluntary strong-sauce agreements within small groups, Facebook groups as an early moment of rightness before the bleaching phenomenon took hold, crypto's attraction of bad actors and Vitalik Buterin's recent admission that Ethereum didn't serve humanity as intended, anonymity as generally harmful and the need for identity through group belonging, the trillion-dollar opportunity of a personal agent as a defensive membrane, the mid-nineties fork in the road on micropayments versus free, neutral infrastructure decisions having massive emergent cultural effects, what Jim learned from the Santa Fe Institute about the limits of confident long-range prediction, Karl Friston's work on consciousness and the membrane around something alive, world-model building as fundamental to selfhood, consciousness as discovering the self inside the world model, lucid dreams as a visceral analogy for the strange loop, and much more.

In this conversation with @Jim_Rutt, Linden Lab founder @PhilipRosedale reflects on the early vision behind @SecondLife, what actually emerged from it, and how those lessons apply to AI, online communities, and the future of digital spaces. Learn more: jimrutt.substack.com/p/ep-337-phili…

@hicksAder @Ykz4sl Totally fair. Plenty of ways to explore virtual worlds 🙌

@SecondLife @Ykz4sl Nice but im #opensimulator for ever .

Ready for a journey? In Second Life, every step is a discovery. Unlock new worlds, explore beyond reality, and adventure together. 🎬 Video created by YKZ Productions @Ykz4sl #SecondLife #AdventureAwaits #VirtualWorld #Metaverse #Explore

@ChristiCharron @AnyBergan Appreciate the love ❤️

@SecondLife @AnyBergan Great Job @anyBergan!

Different paths. Same journey. In Second Life, every step opens a new world to explore. Many stories. One world. 🎬 Video created by KL Production & @AnyBergan #SecondLife #VirtualWorld #ExploreMore #Metaverse

From jungles to mountaintops to hidden caves, your next adventure is only a teleport away. Welcome to @SecondLife Safari Tours. 🎬 Video created by @BeetleWilder #SecondLife #VirtualWorld #AdventureAwaits #ExploreMore #Metaverse

📺 VIDEO: #VWBPE26 March 19, Keynote: @PhilipRosedale Rosedale, CTO @LindenLab "We’ve Been Metaversing Since Before It Was Cool, From Virtual Worlds to Learning Worlds: Two Decades of Immersive Education" youtube.com/watch?v=iNAGNU… @SecondLife #AI #VirtualWorlds #metaverse #EdTech

Today, we’re shining a spotlight on Ebony Cyberstar (Queen Ebony), the creative force behind @Majesty_SL whose love for interior design and eye for detail bring beautifully styled, lived-in spaces to life in Second Life. Read Ebony's interview ➡️ second.life/spotlight-Quee…

What if you could step into a new world every day? Fantasy forests. Medieval cities. Neon futures. Hidden caves. Your next adventure is waiting in Second Life. 🎬 Video created by Brianna Mendes (Brianna776.Resident) #SecondLife #VirtualWorld #Explore #Metaverse #Adventure

Today, we’re shining a spotlight on AleyKat, a live singer celebrating ten years of performing in Second Life with high-energy shows and immersive musical productions. Read her interview ➡️ second.life/spotlight-Aley…

The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education @vwbpe Conference runs March 19th through 21st with three days of sessions focused on learning in virtual environments. Don’t miss a keynote from the founder of Second Life, @PhilipRosedale, on March 19th at 12pm PT. And a special interview session on March 20th at 1pm PT featuring Linden Lab executives sharing updates and insights on the future of immersive learning. Info: vwbpe.org Destination: secondlife.com/destination/vw…

@feoriefrimon Yesss 💙 love the energy!

@SecondLife LOZ!!!!! <3

Not sure who you are yet? Start where you are. Second Life is a world where identity grows through expression and creativity. 🎬 Video created by Lozza Weymann #SecondLife #DigitalIdentity #SelfExpression #VirtualWorld

@jacksonIamafan Appreciate you asking. We’re always keeping an eye on regional updates and how they may apply.

This is Second Life. A world shaped by its users. Explore. Discover. Connect. Your world. Your Second Life. 🎬 Video created by Velbons Resident #SecondLife #VirtualWorld #Metaverse #OnlineCommunity #ExploreMore

@feoriefrimon @macguyver_mode Let’s gooo 🔥 love the energy!

@SecondLife @macguyver_mode Go Mac Go!!!!! :)

Your identity is not one dimensional. In Second Life, explore new roles, new styles, and new ways to express who you are. 🎬 Video created by @macguyver_mode #SecondLife #DigitalIdentity #VirtualWorld #AvatarLife #Metaverse #BeLimitless