- Second Life is a 3D virtual world launched in 2003 that has over 15 million users who use customizable avatars to interact and create using an in-world economy. - It is unique from other virtual worlds in that it uses distributed simulation across multiple servers allowing for continuous expansion and advanced compression allowing thousands of objects to stream smoothly. - Within Second Life, various universities, organizations, and individuals use it for networking, collaboration, education, psychotherapy, and more.

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22. References Van Eck, R. (2006). Digital Game Based Learning: It’s not just the digital natives who are restless. Educause Review. April, 17-30. http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=503861 http://www.metaversemessenger.com/pdf/2007/11/MM20071120.pdf http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy-market.php www.secondlife.com http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/04/01/8403359/index.htm http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003712471 http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-virtualdisney28jan28,0,3877206.story?track=ntothtml