SAN FRANCISCO—The company behind Second Life, the community-building online fantasy whose popularity spiked a decade ago, is preparing a third life — this time with a social virtual-reality venture.

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The creator of one of the earliest and most enduringly iconic virtual worlds is returning to his roots. Second Life’s founder Philip Rosedale will rejoin the company he founded in 1999 as a strategic ...

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A version of this article was published in TIME’s newsletter Into the Metaverse. Subscribe for a weekly guide to the future of the Internet. In 2007, Second Life founder Philip Rosedale made a bold ...