Revolutionary Technology and Tools

Powerful 3D Building For Virtual Content
Virtual objects in the Second Life Grid are easily constructed from simple 3D "primitive" shapes, which can be assembled into intricate and impressive designs. A simple scripting language, called Linden Scripting Language, adds interactive effects of any simplicity or complexity you desire. Linden Scripting Language includes HTTP access, so that virtual world experiences can be integrated with other Internet activity.

Virtual Land Estate Management
Host a virtual world experience on dedicated virtual land, called an Estate. Estate tools allow you to turn on and off open access, limit script activity, and make the entire estate visible or invisible to the rest of the Second Life Grid. Estate controls include the ability to resolve customer service issues for users, allowing the owner to contact customers.

Targeted Group Messaging
Users can be collected into customized Groups. This offers the ability to send messages, business communications, targeted advertising, or customer service alerts - only to specific Groups. Group access to Estates can be customized and activated or inactiveated at will.

Immersive Spatial Voice
Voice over IP has never been this immersive. In the virtual environment of the Second Life Grid, VOIP conferencing takes on a whole new level of impact. With bHear™, users of voice on the Second Life Grid can hear the direction of the voice as indicated by avatar positioning. This measure of reality enables highly sophisticated conversation and collaboration.

International Microcurrency System
The Linden Dollar (L$) is the unit of trade across the Second Life Grid - and it's traded every day for real-world money. At an exchange rate of about 250-300 Linden Dollars to one U.S. Dollar, this effectively enables micropayment for virtual goods and services universally traded on the Second Life Grid, the Linden Dollar is an internationally accepted medium of trade.

Large and Growing Solution Providers Network
Not every organization has the resources or desire to build internal competency in developing content and services on the Second Life Grid. Fortunately, an entire ecosystem of solution providers has grown over the last four years - everything from one-person shops to full-fledged, venture-financed companies. Over one hundred different service providers, comprising over a thousand employees, compete to provide you with the services and expertise needed to bring your business to life in the virtual world of Second Life.

Open Source Viewer Software
The software for viewing the server simulation is known as the Second Life Viewer software, and it works cross-platform - PC, Mac, or Linux - and the source code for the Viewer is available for download! Now you can modify the Viewer for custom implementations, user interfaces, and branded designs. An active open source community provides a great resource for development and support.