October 17, 2007

Second Life Property Boom

Amazingly it has been only four years since the first residents stepped onto the planet Second Life, yet today there are some eight million people living the life of whatever avatar has taken their fancy. But it is not those people who are just looking to get away from it all who are changing the face of Second Life, it is business and in particular property.

Property may seem to be a strange business, but this is a virtual world and people need places to live and businesses need premises. It’s the classic supply and demand scenario and it is fast becoming a huge business within Second Life. One of the advantages now is that Linden Dollars can be exchanged for real Dollars and that makes all of the difference.

Source [Guardian]