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Gaming & Virtual Worlds · Recorded milestone

Virtual world with a real economy

Recorded year2003

Linden Lab's Second Life lets residents build, own and sell virtual goods for Linden dollars exchangeable for real money.

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.