Second Life’s problems and business opportunties

2006.11.20

Second Life’s problems and business opportunties

The problem with virtual worlds is that they offer yet another venue for conflict. In case you haven’t heard, Second Life has been hit with two problems in the last week, both of which threaten the economy and stability of this popular online world (‘Second Life’ faces threat to its virtual economy and ‘Second Life’ hit by worm).

What’s next? Natural disasters, fires and declarations of war?

For businesses that invest heavily in Second Life, this is a wake up call to do your Threat Risk Assessments, and develop Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans. There may also be an opportunity for insurance companies to enter the play.

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http://www.thunderbirdsix.org Dave Brodbeck

I interviewed Corey Ondrejka, the VP of product development for second life on thunderbird six, episode 23.

Dave
http://www.mostlynews.net Charles Cadenhead

Also, SL, to a certain extent is a victim or their own success. As more people hear about SL more people will flock to it requiring Linden Labs to add more servers. Already this fall they had a big server selling spree (you can buy an island, which is a dedicated server, to decrease “lag” around your virtual property). In certain areas SL is already pretty slow which takes away from the experience. Unless Linden figures out another way to support the purchasing of hardware they will always have this issue.