Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely created by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of Residents from around the globe.

A world of possibilities and a place where you have the ability to do almost anything you can imagine.

In a little over a year, Second Life's Residents have crafted a richly textured world filled with hundreds of thousands of objects of their own creation.

Complex and compelling characters dwell in every conceivable building from whimsical hobbit-houses to soaring urban towers to a medieval castle where visitors battle giant insects to win treasure.

The local zoo features killer whale rides, speed boats ply the waterways, and a Resident-abducting alien space ship has been known to visit - all of it imagined and created by Second Life's Residents.

To start your Second Life trial, simply download Second Life, register to create your character, choose your membership plan, and log in.

Here are some key features of "Second Life":

Voice:
· Voice Chat is now enabled by default to allow Residents to hear other Residents.
· A microphone is required to speak to other Residents.
· Push-to-Talk is the default mode for transmitting voice.
· These settings can be modified via the Voice Chat tab of the Preferences dialog.

Age Verification:
· The user interface for parcel and estate access has been clarified and improved.
· Added the ability to restrict access to parcels and estates to age verified adults.
· Removed the ability to *ban* access to Residents who have provided payment info or who have used payment info. We continue to support the ability to *allow* access to only those who have provided payment info.

Requirements:

· Internet Connection: Cable or DSL.
· Minimum: Computer Processor 1 GHz G4 or better; Recommended: Computer Processor 1.25 GHz G4 or better.
· Minimum: Computer Memory 512 MB or more; Recommended: Computer Memory 1 GB or more.
· Minimum: Graphics Card - ATI Radeon 9200 and above or ATI Radeon X Series or NVIDIA GeForce 2, GeForce 4 or NVIDIA GeForce 5000 Series and above; Recommended: Graphics Card - ATI: X1600, X1900, X2400, X2600 or NVIDIA: 6800, 7600, 7800, 8800.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Crash and Performance Fixes:
· SH-2526[c] Second Life client quickly allocates all available RAM and crashes
· SH-2694[c] FPS Drop when hovering the mouse over flexi prims with alpha. Further away the cursor is from the flexible alpha the better the fps
· SH-2851[c] Memory bloat can lead to viewer crash in 3.2.5 Beta 2
· Crash in LLInventoryModel::cache(LLUUID const &,LLUUID const &)
· Crash in LLAgent::clearAFK() [secondlife-bin llagent.cpp]
· Crashes in LLRenderTarget
· Crash in LLAvatarIconIDCache::load() [secondlife-bin llavatariconctrl.cpp]
· Crash on logout in LLCurl::Easy::releaseEasyHandle
· Crash in LLBufferArray::countAfter()
· Crash in Curl, LLBufferArray::copyIntoBuffers
· Crash in LLWearable::importFile()/LLOverrideBakedTextureUpdate::LLOverrideBakedTextureUpdate()
· Crash at LLCurl::Easy::releaseEasyHandle
· Memory allocation crashes in 3.2.4 & 3.2.5 beta
· Crash with log error LLCurl::Multi::Multi: ASSERT (mCurlMultiHandle)
· Texture fetching freezes due to LLcurl
· Textures remain stuck in HTP state...