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Everything I've seen looks like PG-13 Second Life.

Which sort of removes all the reasons that anybody ever used Second Life...

The fact a broad idea has been tried before without success doesn't mean it can't be successful.

There were smartphones before the iPhone - like the Nokia Communicator, Compaq iPaq and Palm Treo. They were a niche product - not the market-defining success the iPhone was.

Actually, Second Life was, in its time, quite successful. I honestly don't see the form factor, or VR, making a comeback though. If I was going to back anything (which I am not) it would be AR.

Blackberry was incredibly successful. I don't know why people always leave it out of the conversation.

Assuming they deliver (very questionable), it’s like asking that aren’t smartphones simply a telegraph machines?

But with more AOL type Big Brothering to forestall the Penis Problem.

I've seen it described as "Second Life for boomer aunts".

Well, I suppose I'm a "boomer uncle", but I can't see myself going for it. Particularly if it supports that git with his stupid haircut.