Second Life will soon face off against Meta on its home turf. Linden Labs, owner-operators of the platform since its launch nearly two decades ago, announced this week that a mobile version of Second ...

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A screenshot from the virtual reality world "Second Life." Correspondent A version of this article was published in TIME’s newsletter Into the Metaverse. Subscribe for a weekly guide to the future of ...