The future of Second Life in 2012

Team Composition

• René Noorduin Grecco
  
• Erwin Gies
  
• Jorge Osorio Socha
  
• Di Yu
  
• Bogumila Sobolewska
  

Introduction

Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of 4,335,473 people from around the globe.

The Driving Forces

• Economical Forces: (Di)
Increasing effect of the development of information technology (IT) on global economy E-commerce Game Industry Purchasing Power
• Political Forces: (René)
Electronic Government Crime Punishment Intellectual rights on the Internet Illegal activities on the Internet
• Social Forces: (Jorge)
Increasing social isolation Increasing use of computer-mediated communication
• Technological Forces: (Erwin)
Online video games Virtual reality Technical innovation Net neutrality Increasing use of digital media on internet(Jorge) Increasing user-generated content(Jorge)

Research

Questions regarding Second Life

Videos

http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/tv/vpro/detoekomst/bb.20060227.asf (Dutch)

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