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We do however briefly note that there are several packages available to display molecules in 3D on the web, such as, Jmol and RasMol and even methods to embed interactive 3D molecular structures into PDF documents. The targeted readers of this review are educators, students and other chemistry professionals who are curious about ways of using Second Life for chemistry related projects. It is also not our intent to compare specific educational outcomes from using Second Life compared to alternative approaches or platforms. This review does not attempt to exhaustively compare Second Life with other currently available technologies and platforms that perform similar operations. Finally, the social networking aspect of Second Life sets this virtual platform aside from others and this will be demonstrated. Chemical data can also benefit from use of 3D space and some examples of interactive exhibits will be detailed. We will show how such representations can be made in Second Life and how these have been applied to educational activities. Full use of 3D space is a real asset, since an understanding of the shape of molecules and orbitals is essential for chemists. Ĭhemistry presents some special challenges and opportunities for a platform like Second Life. Science is no exception and many exhibits in Second Life can be found depicting scientific content. Of course, since virtual worlds do not necessarily suffer the same limitations as reality, creative adaptations abound. Since users are empowered to create objects and environments of their choosing, almost every aspect of real life has been replicated in Second Life. Users interact with the environment and with each other in the form of avatars, usually lifelike representations of people or animals. With over 80,000 simultaneous users on at any given time, Second Life has emerged as the most popular non game-based 3D virtual world.