Phillip Rosedale's Back for His Second Life in the Metaverse: Here's What He's Doing
The metaverse has been getting a ton of attention in the last few months, with worlds like Roblox, The Sandbox, and Decentraland making headlines. One metaverse platform that's not been seeing as much action is Second Life, the granddaddy of them all. That may not be the case for much longer, now that the original developer of the platform, Philip Rosedale, has announced his return to Second Life as a strategic advisor, with, it would seem, the intent to protect the platform's future growth from social media-based influences.
Rosedale pioneered the concept of the metaverse with Second Life in 2003, so it's only fitting that when it finally starts to go mainstream, he is there to help guide its development. Second Life, meanwhile, has been trucking on for 19 years now and in the last year, saw an annual GDP of $650 million as a result of 345 million sales transactions that include virtual real estate, goods, and services.
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