ethnya

Truth be told, my gut agrees with you. Have wanted to tell my colleagues more than once that I'm not confident in the hype that surrounds it. Then again, it's hard to predict the future.

That seems fair. The internet as a whole is essentially the same way. Most of the time.

I'm not really trying to convince people to leave SL. I'm trying to understand the space SL inhabits, and how it compares to others that at least ostensibly are competing, even if they really aren't what SL is. I am not an expert on those others either, just what I read.

I'm working for a web dev firm that's been in business a couple decades that is getting inquiries from current clients about building in the metaverse. I tried SL some years ago but never really got into it seriously. Anyway, not to diss SL. But what I'm asking you, dear reader, is to help make the case for SL as compared to say, Decentraland, or Sandbox, as a place for a real-world entertainment venue to step into as a cross-promotion. Given that there will be some dev costs (not sure, but somewhere in the $30k-70k range is my guess) for this project, picking the right platform the first time is important. So far my observations and concerns go like this: Pro: When comparing it to other offerings, SL is unquestionably the most full-featured and customizable platform among competitors. The parcels are not outrageously expensive, and new parcels can be created. Con: It seems pretty laggy. I don't have the newest system, but a decent middle of the road with a 1060, and i get non-stop chop even when reducing a lot of the settings. I remember when I messed around with SL some years ago there was...let's say a strong tilt to certain proclivities of an adult nature...and while I know there have been some attempts to carefully segregate that, I'm wondering in practice how successful that has been. So while obviously I am approaching a biased audience here, hit me with your best shot. Why SL versus others?

if anything, the reality of Second Life reinforces my belief that the current NFT and land-rush craze will die down and the bubble will burst. i'm not a die-hard SL fan, i'm scarcely a tourist, but even I can see that if a 16m by 16m plot of digital land for $10k is no kind of value, artificial scarcity aside. a platform requires users/players to provide the actual value and ROI.