In 2022, the original virtual world metaverse of Second Life might be holding the key to realizing the Metaverse
VR and the Metaverse movement is missing this 1 very important piece; and Second Life, the virtual world, has allowed the average person to do it easily for years - custom avatar
As a virtual world content creator myself who have worked on creating content within virtual worlds for years, I know that the vast majority of virtual world users such as Second Life or VRChat are not content creators
I also know that one's Avatars are one of the most important aspects of one's experience within virtual worlds and the upcoming Metaverse, yet a custom avatar is one of the things that are the hardest to create, especially in newer virtual worlds or social VR worlds where avatars usually come pre-packaged as one unit after being created in 3rd party softwares instead of being modular and created directly within the virtual worlds
Second Life has for years allowed the average user with no technical skills in 3D modeling or content creation to put together their own custom avatars, and I think it is necessary for the Metaverse to truly take off that the average user can create their own custom avatars easily, Second Life can be the answer to that problem if Linden Lab do things right
There are 276,608 views in 125 videos for Second Life. This game accounts for over 3 days of watchable video on his channel, or 13.31% of the total watchable video for Second Life on Luca The Guide's YouTube channel.