The Second Life Metaverse and Its Usefulness in Medical Education After a Quarter of a Century

• Main Authors: Francisco Sendra-Portero (Author), Rocío Lorenzo-Álvarez (Author), Teodoro Rudolphi-Solero (Author), Miguel José Ruiz-Gómez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The immersive virtual world platform Second Life (SL) was conceived 25 years ago, when Philip Rosedale founded Linden Lab in 1999 with the intention of developing computing hardware that would allow people to immerse themselves in a virtual world. This initial effort was transformed 4 years later in...