Virtual Worlds Save Lives – Relay for Life in Second Life
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Matt Ryan
DailyPWN.com
July 22, 2010
Virtual worlds are still a very new concept in the world of technology while the idea of existing inside virtual spaces has been around since the dawn of the information age. While many of these concepts are used exclusively for gaming, virtual worlds like Second Life occasionally use their immense sense of community to do a lot of good in the world.
Last weekend Relay for Life was held in Second Life lasting a full 24 hours from midday Saturday to Sunday. This relay contained all the elements you would find in a real-life Relay for Life including an opening ceremony, luminaria, fight back ceremony and closing ceremony events ending in a brilliant fireworks show put on by Second Life’s RacerX Gullwing.
Second Life’s Relay for Life Opening Ceremonies
Throughout the past year, events and fund raisers were held to contribute to a growing pool of virtual currency that is then traded in for real-world currency sent directly to the American Cancer Society fund. During these events and including the 24-hour relay, over $221,000 USD was raised (over 53 million Linden dollars). The vast majority of this money was raised through micro-transactions often as low as fractions of a dollar.