In "Second Life," members--who pay nothing for basic access--enter an open-ended virtual world where they can fly, chat with others, drive fanciful vehicles and do many other things.

The original Second Life game, which can still be played today, is for PC. It’s also been around for 20 years, which is what makes the mobile version somewhat of a surprising announcement.

To this day, the Second Life application resembles a massively multiplayer online game welded to a 3-D-graphics editor duct-taped to a social network crammed into an ancient television remote with ...

Second Life features an economy where players can purchase and sell digital items to other players to earn in-game currency. Money can also be earned by doing various jobs in the game, adding more ...