What can the virtual worlds we have lost and those that have endured teach us about what we should build next?
Fittingly hosted inside the Virtual Worlds Museum™ Second Life Hub, the session opens with Julian Reyes, Founder and Director of the Virtual Worlds Museum™, introducing the space, its preservation work and the Sunset Exhibit: Worlds of the Past, dedicated to virtual worlds that have disappeared.
Julian then hands over to Wagner James Au, longtime chronicler of Second Life and author of Making a Metaverse That Matters, who connects lessons from the past with the question of what should come next.
From there, Au is joined by Philip Rosedale, founder of Linden Lab and creator of Second Life. More than two decades after its launch, they explore what has allowed Second Life to endure, from community and creator economies to evolving technology and cultural identity, and what its longevity can teach the next generation of virtual worlds.