13 Facts About Linden Lab

Linden Research, Inc, doing business as Linden Lab, is an American technology company that is best known as the creator of Second Life.

Company, founded in 1999 as Linden Lab Research, employs numerous established high-tech veterans, including former executives from Electronic Arts, eBay, Disney, Adobe, and Apple.

The hexagonal Linden Lab logo is influenced by a lime tree, otherwise known as a Linden or Tilia tree.

Linden Lab's initial focus was on the development of hardware that would enable computer users to be fully immersed in a 360 degree virtual reality experience.

In September 2012, Linden Lab announced two new products: Creatorverse and Patterns .

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In January 2013, Linden Lab purchased the game Blocksworld for iPad, a shared virtual world built of blocks.

In February 2014, Linden Lab announced that its new CEO was Ebbe Altberg, former COO of BranchOut.

In June 2014, Linden Lab confirmed that they plan to build a new virtual world.

Linden Lab utilized another internal tool, the Distributor, that enabled all employees to distribute "points" to projects that they deem to be worthy of development and resource support.

Employees of Linden Lab, who are easily identifiable in-world by their avatars' last name "Linden", have been known to participate in several collaborative events with Second Life users.

In May 2007, Linden Lab acquired Windward Mark Interactive, a small game development company based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Linden Lab currently uses the code under the name "Windlight" to enhance atmospheric effects in Second Life.

CEO Mark Kingdon, aka "M Linden Lab", stepped down and was replaced by founding CEO Philip Rosedale.