Inhabited virtual worlds
[The Street] is the Broadway, the Champs élysées of the Metaverse. It is the brilliantly lit boulevard that can be seen, miniturized and backward, reflected in the lenses of his goggles. It does not really exist. But right now, millions of people are walking up and down it. … |
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Text-based VR: MUDs, MOOs, MUSEs & MUSHs |
'Moo Canada, eh?'
DragonMUD
NAU Solar System Simulation
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2D graphical environments |
VPChat (formerly Virtual Places)
The Palace
OpenVerse [Linux, Mac, Windows]
The Manor
OnChat / TrueChat
VZones (formerly WorldsAway)
J-Chat (formerly Habitat, the prototype for
WorldsAway)
VirtualIbiza
Dubit
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3D worlds: Second Life |
Second Life
SL-related sites:
SL Universe (SecondLife news)
SL History Wiki ("a project to document various
aspects of Second Life's history that anyone can add
to")
Second Life Herald (the SecondLife community
newspaper)
Second Life News Center (Reuters of course has a
SL Bureau)
SL Boutique (a market for buying and selling SL
objects)
Second Realty
Second Life Video (a sort of YouTube for
SecondLife)
Second Cast (a podcast covering culture and events
in Second Life)
Planet.WorldofSL.com ("Syndicating the Second Life
blogosphere")
Second Life : Official Linden Blog (the official
Second Life blog)
Second Tense (another Second Life blog:
"Discussing technology and future of Second Life as
the Metaverse—a matter of when, not if.")
Second Life Future Salon (yet another Second Life
blog)
ninjafoo Ng : A Second Life on Linux (a Second
Life blog for Linux users)
Metaverse Technology (an SL-based company)
[BBC] 'Second hype or second life?'
[The Guardian, 14 June 2005] 'Second Life and the
virtual property boom'
[The Guardian, 20 July 2006] 'Slices of life in a
parallel universe'
[The Guardian, 07 Oct 2006] 'You only live twice'
[The Guardian, 24 Oct 2006] 'Braving a new world'
[The Guardian, 07 Nov 2006] 'Second Life gets its
first tabloid'
[The Guardian, 07 Nov 2006] 'Second Life plugs
into broadband TV'
[3pointD, 27 Nov 2006] 'Convert Your MySpace Page
to 3D Space Via 3B'
Finally, take a sobering look at:
[World verified on 31 Jan 2006, and all links and world last viewed, on 01 Dec 2006] |
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3D worlds: other 'social' worlds |
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IMVU
Moove
Virtual Laguna Beach (from MTV)
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3D worlds: Active Worlds |
Active Worlds
Worlds using ActiveWorlds technology:
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3D worlds: Blaxxun |
Blaxxun
Blaxxun teleports
Sample Blaxxun worlds
Office Towers
» http://maximages.free.fr/no_cache/mondes/contact.htm Chupsen » http://www.utc13.com//Photos/chupsen/no_cache/chupsen/contactnuit.htm Ancient Tree (adventure game) » http://www.dhyan.it/public/prova/contact.htm Anubis Temple (adventure game) » http://www.dhyan.it/public/TempleofDeath/contact.htm Forum Romanum (historical) » http://www.magellannarfe.com/thezanj/chat/ForumRomanum/ iCity » http://www.icity.co.il [All links verified and viewed 1 March 2005] |
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3D worlds: Adobe Atmosphere |
Adobe Atmosphere
Portals to Adobe Atmosphere worlds:
Sample Adobe Atmosphere worlds:
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3D worlds: other 3D worlds |
Worlds Inc
Multiverse
Entropia Universe [Windows 2000 or later]
Cybertown
DigitalSpace Traveler (was: OnLive! Traveler)
3DChat Virtual Universe (Java;
platform-independent)
Muse
InterSpace (regrettably the project seems to have
been terminated -- see news items at:)
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