Category: Making SL Mass Market

Linden Lab Hiring Senior Product Manager of Second Life to Shape the Original Metaverse’s Future for “Millions of Customers”

August 29, 2023

Linden Lab has a new job opening that's been up on the website for at least the last several weeks: Senior Product Manager at Linden Lab We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager (remote) to elevate multiple facets of our Second Life product. This person would also enable growth and scale by shipping features that…
Second Life Finally Adds New Mesh-Based Avatars & Fun Web-Based Setup Experience for First-Time Users — But Lack of Non-Human Options is a Serious Mistake

August 3, 2023

This has been hinted at for months and even accidentally popped up on the test grid recently, but Linden Lab finally launched new starting mesh-based avatars and a "customize your new avatar" mini-game-type experience (similar to what you get at the start of The Sims franchise) for new users right on the homepage: We're excited…
Why: Why Second Life Needs a Better Presentation & Starting Setpiece

October 27, 2021

Here's a good video from longtime gaming/SL YouTuber Luca, who is demonstrably more passionate about improving Second Life than most people at Linden Lab. In it, Luca basically argues that Second Life can and should modernize its presentation and first-time user experience so it appeals to current gamers, and add a great opening setpiece —…
Here’s How Second Life’s New iOS App Could Bring In a New Generation of Mobile Users

July 12, 2021

Pictured: Pocket Metaverse, a third party iOS app for accessing select Second Life features from 2010 With the iOS app for Second Life coming soon, reader and blogger Devin Vaughn sketches out a fascinating vision for how it could transform the virtual world. While the app itself is launching with very limited features (the late-lamented…
Dual Universe Already Has At Least One Embedded Reporter on YouTube

December 9, 2020

"This month has been great… if you're a shady individual of questionable morality." So begins the latest report from Charlie Traveler, reporter for Dual Universe Stellar Transmissions from the Dark Star Imperium clans… which is also the latest sign that a rich user community and culture is emerging in Dual Universe, the highly-ambitious, single-shard metaverse…

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Category: Making SL Mass Market

Linden Lab Hiring Senior Product Manager of Second Life to Shape the Original Metaverse’s Future for “Millions of Customers”

Second Life Finally Adds New Mesh-Based Avatars & Fun Web-Based Setup Experience for First-Time Users — But Lack of Non-Human Options is a Serious Mistake

Why: Why Second Life Needs a Better Presentation & Starting Setpiece

Here’s How Second Life’s New iOS App Could Bring In a New Generation of Mobile Users

Dual Universe Already Has At Least One Embedded Reporter on YouTube