Second Life launching on smartphones

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 3rd April 2008
Comments (11) Stumble
Samsung has announced it will be launching software to play Second Life on smartphones.

Samsung has announced it will be launching software to play Second Life on smartphones.

Samsung has revealed at the CTIA wireless event this week in Las Vegas that it is launching a new software which enables users to play Second Life on their smartphones.

Second Life is the free-to-play MMO driven by user generated content and filled mostly with weird colourful things we don't understand and companies who for some reason think it is the only place an online presence can be properly established.

Speaking to the KoreaTimes, a spokesperson for Samsung said; "We plan to commercialize phones equipped with the innovative wireless mobile solutions possibly from the second half of this year for U.S. consumers.’

Sure, and why not leverage some paradigms and synergise some workflows while you commercialize those innovations, eh?

The software does look pretty swanky admittedly - the app runs in full 3D and lets mobile players communicate with the online community via internet, phone or SMS. Still, the general consensus is that the Second Life fad is pretty much over now, so why Samsung wants to bring it to business users we don't know.

Have you ever played Second Life? What games do you play on your mobile? Let us know in the forums.
Quote wuyanxu 3rd April 2008, 13:47
i like the girl holding the phone, but not the game.

the ONLY time i've even heard of second life is when i went to IBM in Hursley, where they demonstrated giving a lecturing via second life.

the game i want to see ported onto mobile phones is games such as Audiosurf or Geometry wars, those would be great.
Quote steveo_mcg 3rd April 2008, 15:01
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Sure, and why not leverage some paradigms and synergise some workflows while you commercialize those innovations, eh?
:)
Quote chrisb2e9 3rd April 2008, 15:19
I tried second life 5 years ago. didn't really like it. tried it again a few months ago. it kind of looked the same to me as it did back then. and i still didn't really like it.
Quote Shielder 3rd April 2008, 15:30
My first life (AFK) is good enough, why would I need to try and escape it by going into Second Life?

Andy
Quote DriftCarl 3rd April 2008, 15:41
I tried second life a few times over the last few years. and each time the downloading and installing of the software lasted longer than the actual time i managed ingame before i became very bored.

I have been using PC's since i was 11 or 12 and have a "natural" ability to use programs and play games without reading the manuals. but with second life i just didnt "get it". Maybe i was expecting more than just running round aimlessly but there didnt seem a awful lot to do.
I would compare it with going to a rather large shopping centre with no money
Quote Stickeh 3rd April 2008, 17:06
Second life = dull.

Played it with a freind, and all we could find we're all related to porn, nakedness, stripping, dancing, masters and sex slaves.

All in all its boring ( well it was funny pissing people off, but what a dull game! )

Just running around, to run around, sure you can pay for a house and stuff, but its just not a very good looking game, let alone a fun one!
Quote pendragon 3rd April 2008, 18:04
those girls in the picture are hot. Oh ..right.. Second Life.. ha.. I'm totally not interested in this game.. Though I am impressed on the 3D-ness from the picture ...anyway good article, Joe! :)
Quote Jordan Wise 3rd April 2008, 21:30
is it a game? i thought for something to be a game it had to be fun, to at least one person
Quote MrMonroe 3rd April 2008, 21:48
Great. Now 15 year old girls will be able to run their digital brothels during algebra class.
Quote K.I.T.T. 3rd April 2008, 23:58
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Originally Posted by MrMonroe
Great. Now 15 year old girls will be able to run their digital brothels during algebra class.

not possible my friend....as we all know, there are no girls on the internet
Quote DXR_13KE 4th April 2008, 00:09
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Originally Posted by K.I.T.T.
not possible my friend....as we all know, there are no girls on the internet

so all those beautiful models i have been talking to are in reality fat men in underwear eating cheetos?

my first life is enough for me, and when a game starts looking more like a chore i tend to leave it behind....
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