Second Life creator eyes better usability to expand virtual world

By Yasushi Azuma

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WilliB at 04:16 PM JST - 15th June

I would prefer improvements in the real world to those in the virtual one.
Triple888 at 07:03 PM JST - 15th June

I "played" SL2 before. I found it too "texty" and lack a straight forward interface for the beginner. Also, there is way too much porn or sexually orientated material in the cyber world for my liking.
GW at 09:44 PM JST - 15th June

I hope this dies a quick death, this is sick, if this is the future somebody just shoot me now pls, with a real gun or maybe a bazookza...............if this insanity started in Jpn, Jpn the country as it exists now wud soon not, this is frigging nuts
bamboohat at 06:01 AM JST - 16th June

http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/

make love not warcraft

season 10

appropriate
tkoind2 at 08:58 AM JST - 16th June

Second life worries me. 1. Too many people don't have first life sorted out, second life seems like an escape. 2. Bottom line this is another way to bleed money from us for something we really don't need. 3. Already there is a heirarchy of rich vs poor in the second life world. It is already about money and resources. Why join another world where the same capitolistic greed exists as in the real world. For me if I want to go spend time in another world, I'd like one with a more level playing field.

I think the internet made sense. People wanted to communicate, share and promote things, sell stuff etc... It has empowered much more communication and has had an up side for the biz types too. Win, win mostly. But it has also allowed a generation to disconnect from reality and end up isolated and disfunctional. So making it even more virtual seems like a very bad idea.

I think we need to spend more time developing a better First Life for a broader spectrum of people world wide. A better use of our creative energy would be to pitch in and make this life better. Challenge!
Richard_III at 02:30 PM JST - 16th June

But he indicated that Japanese subscribers may have to wait for years until they will be able to communicate with others in the Japanese language in Second Life, where English is the common language.

Erm, Japanese is already in use in SL. There's even a "loveho" there....
VoXman at 04:41 AM JST - 18th June

My friend's wife is full blown addicted to SL. I did a little research and found that millions are addicted and marriages are breaking up over this crap