Categories Posted inin Business Linden Lab has spent $1.3B building Second Life and paid $1.1B to creators (updated) Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 19, 2024 6 min Linden Lab has spent $1.3 billion building the Second Life virtual world, which debuted back in 2003 in the first era of the metaverse.... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: How to make payments in the metaverse Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 4, 2022 16 min Tilia recently spun out of Linden Lab with the backing of J.P. Morgan Payments to fuel payments for the metaverse. Unlock premium content and... Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The DeanBeat: Metaverses that aren’t really metaverses Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 4, 2022 4 min Another week, another round of crazy acquisitions and metaverse hype in the game industry. While I’m very proud of the 30 or so sessions... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Philip Rosedale’s High Fidelity cuts deal with Second Life maker Linden Lab Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 13, 2022 4 min Maybe there is something behind the idea of the second coming of Second Life. High Fidelity has cut a deal with Linden Lab, the... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Get ready for an awesome GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 event Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 17, 2021 6 min I’m getting very excited about our awesome GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 event coming in just six weeks. And it feels like the... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The DeanBeat: Will the metaverse bring the second coming of Second Life? Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 3, 2021 6 min The idea of the metaverse is getting more buzz than ever. I gave a speech on it yesterday to Sharad Devarajan’s class of MBA... Continue Reading 6 min