Inkanta
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Posted: Feb. 13 2010, 10:32 |
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I've not played WoW, so am not quite sure of the differences in functionality. Purpose-wise, there are games in SL, but it's primarily a multi-user virtual, perpetual environment, imagined and created by the residents. It uses the Linden Lab platform/backbone and scripting language. There is much music and many events. Art, museums, but also Roma, medieval, and vampire sims. Colleges are increasingly using it for distance learning, and I initially ended up there with my former library system to investigate libraries in virtual worlds. Three years later, I am still involved as a volunteer with one of their original projects, but tend to spend a certain amount of time hanging out elsewhere.
-------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From: Moongarden's "Solaris."
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