Philip Rosedale: Second Life, where anything is possible

http://www.ted.com Why build a virtual world? Philip Rosedale talks about the virtual society he founded, Second Life, and its underpinnings in human creativity. It's a place so different that anything could happen.

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[PixelsSideways]

connect and exchange ideas and socialize and create? Give the guy his bragging rights. It's pretty awesome when you think about it. It's amazing that it even works at all when you realize there have been millions of subscribers and an average of 250K people logging in each day. And as the open source VR simulation technology continues to develop, you will see a lot more virtual worlds like SL coming online and it's... (continued)

[PixelsSideways]

social networking environment built on a game platform with an e-commerce twist. It's really like nothing else out there. For all it's faults, and it definitely has them, Second Life is still the best "non" game in town. And as for Philip Rosedale's enthusiastic presentation on TED, well, he does look like he's channeling Ryan Seacrest but can you blame the guy for being so passionate about something he built from the ground up that is changing how people interact and... (continued)

[crudhousefull]

@ecstatica23 I'm glad that people have a virtual world to screw up. If they made it a long time ago, this world wouldn't be screwed up with most of the living things except for humans dying off.

[binkybecka18]

maybe the lag maybe the graphics, but SL RULES theres nothing else quite like it. Unlimited possibilities, you can be anything you can make anything. It's virtually amazing. If you don't see THAT then your the fucktard lol This man=Pure Genius

me and my best friend stay connected every day through SL. I live in New york and he lives in Austrailia.

[binkybecka18]

maybe the lag maybe the graphics, but SL RULES theres nothing else quite like it. Unlimited possibilities, you can be anything you can make anything. It's virtually amazing. If you don't see THAT then your the fucktard lol This man=Pure Genius

[binkybecka18]

maybe the lag maybe the graphics, but SL RULES theres nothing else quite like it. Unlimited possibilities, you can be anything you can make anything. It's virtually amazing. If you don't see THAT then your the fucktard lol

[098anne]

I think it's got a ton of great possibilities. He said the graphics were poor compared to games as the focus was much broader. I'd like to see an all access university built in there. Or maybe a mini TED conference.

[Delveaux]

Smooth talker but he's after your money when you're inworld. It is NOT the beautiful world he's announcing constantly. 7 years later it's stil laggy and crappy but many customers have payed millions for this poor service. But do they care? Not at all. They ignore you like hell and come up with one exuse after another, even if you're a premium user. It's all about money and nothing else. WAKE UP!!!!

[MrBlamemeforit]

What a fucktard.

[MrBlamemeforit]

Second life graphics fail.

[UnKnovvnUser]

@chinaliew

Ragnarok ROCKED in 2007, i quit in 2008 after it being patched, lost my 200 and i got pissed. Was super good. Sigh, i donated so much.

[mimiru2582]

Star Trek doors open SIDEWAYS... I thought you could only speak for 10 minutes at TED?