Philip Rosedale: Designing Future's Reality - Beyond Conversations Live

Philip Rosedale is best known as the founder of Linden Lab, the company behind the virtual world Second Life. Second Life, launched in 2003, was one of the earliest and most successful virtual worlds where users could create and customize their avatars, buy virtual real estate, interact with other users, and even start virtual businesses. Rosedale's vision with Second Life was to create a user-defined world where the possibilities were limited only by one's imagination. The platform gained significant attention in the mid-2000s, both for its innovative nature and for the real-world economic implications of its virtual transactions. After his work on Second Life, Rosedale has continued to explore virtual and augmented reality spaces. He founded High Fidelity Inc., a company that focused on creating a decentralized virtual reality platform. His most recent project is 415 In Reality Lab, IRL415, a community technology lab in San Francisco. Rosedale's work has often been characterized by his interest in creating shared online spaces and exploring the boundaries between virtual and physical reality.