Second Life Galleries Launches New Website
(PRWEB) March 15, 2007 -- Second Life Galleries introduces the new Website www.secondlifegalleries.com, a site created for residents of Second Life ® 3-D virtual world to post and share images. Second Life Galleries also introduces a Forum page for residents of Second Life ® to communicate with each other and post items for sale.
Second Life is a 3-D virtual world built and owned entirely by its residents. In the Second Life virtual platform, residents create a new life, virtually. Using unique avatars, residents can create real-life experiences including buying land, starting a business, meeting new friends and getting a job.
When making their way through the 3-D virtual world, residents can take snapshots of their journeys. These snapshots are called “postcards” and these postcards can now be shared, free of charge, at www.secondlifegalleries.com. Second Life Galleries allows residents of the virtual world to easily upload their images, leave comments on other images and create slideshows of their memories.
“What better than to create a place for Second Life residents to make their first stop after their second life,” says Alan Espasandin, creator of Second Life Galleries. “It’s like coming home from vacation, you have to share the pictures.”
Second Life Galleries also announces the launch of a Forum page. The Forum allows users to post their personal experiences, communicate with other Second Lifers and sell their Second Life land, buildings, homes, avatar skins, Linden dollars and other wares. Visit the Second Life forum by clicking on http://www.secondlifegalleries.com/forum/.
Second Life has grown explosively since it began in 2003. Today it is inhabited by a total of 4,378,297 residents from around the world. Second Life is a vast virtual world including people, entertainment, experiences and opportunities.
About Second Life Galleries
Second Life Galleries was created from Second Life, an online virtual world created by its residents. Second Life Galleries provides a forum to post images called “postcards” that are taken as residents journey through their Second Life. Second Life Galleries also provides a forum for Second Life residents to communicate with other residents and sell their wares.
About Second Life and Linden Lab
Second Life is a 3D online world with a rapidly growing population from more than 100 countries around the globe, in which the Residents themselves create and build the world which includes homes, vehicles, nightclubs, stores, landscapes, clothing, and games.
The Second Life Grid is a sophisticated development platform created by Linden Lab, a company founded in 1999 by Philip Rosedale, to create a revolutionary new form of shared 3D experience. The former CTO of RealNetworks, Rosedale pioneered the development of many of today's streaming media technologies, including RealVideo. In April 2003, noted software pioneer Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corporation, was named Chairman. In 2006, Philip Rosedale and Linden Lab received WIRED's Rave Award for Innovation in Business. Based in San Francisco, Linden Lab employs a senior team bringing together deep expertise in physics, 3D graphics and networking.
Note to editors: Second Life® and Linden Lab® are registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc.
To learn more about Second Life Galleries visit www.secondlifegalleries.com
Contact:
Alan Espasandin
www.secondlifegalleries.com
360-772-1140
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