How to Build a Metaverse, Part 3: Prime Time
The Journal.
The Wall Street Journal
4.2 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Kate, co-host of the journal. |
| 0:03.4 | Today, we have the third episode in our series, |
| 0:06.7 | How to Build a Metaverse. |
| 0:08.6 | If you missed the first two episodes, |
| 0:10.3 | they're already in your feed. |
| 0:12.5 | In those episodes, we've told you about Second Life, |
| 0:15.9 | an early Metaverse where people could gather online |
| 0:19.1 | in an immersive world. |
| 0:21.2 | And you heard about what happened |
| 0:23.0 | when swarms of new users came rushing in, |
| 0:26.2 | bringing sex, harassment, and even war |
| 0:29.0 | to this virtual world. |
| 0:31.3 | By 2007, Lyndon Lab, the company behind Second Life, |
| 0:35.3 | had put in place a new set of rules. |
| 0:38.0 | Second Life was becoming a more welcoming space for more people. |
| 0:42.7 | And it seemed on the cusp of breaking through to the mainstream. |
| 0:47.9 | Here's producer Annie Minoff. |
| 0:49.7 | In October of 2007, Lyndon Lab was holding a special screening |
| 1:02.3 | in the rec room of its San Francisco office. |
| 1:05.4 | Employees were excited, poised on the edge of their bean bags. |
| 1:10.2 | They were waiting to watch the latest episode |
| 1:12.2 | of one of the biggest shows on television back then. |
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