There was also a competitor to Second Life, First Life. <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/21/first_life_sl_parody.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/21/first_life_sl_parody.ht...</a><p>One of the selling points was "Fornicate using your actual genitals!".
I've been beta testing their API for a while now. Sometimes it's hard to initiate wanted actions with other users, but I guess it's OK in most use cases.
good, now that joke's been made.<p>The API is weak, though. Everyone knows you lead with something interesting, and go to the name only after an actual conversation. UNLESS you're using friend-based authentication, where a third party initiates the handshake.