Image from WikipediaJust thought I'd do a quick write up on the upcoming advances in the area of virtual worlds. Currently the one I use most is Second Life but there are some new ones that look just as good. What's interesting though is that there seems to be a lot of talk about these worlds becoming interconnected so avatars can transfer from one world to another.VIRTUAL WORLDS:
- 9you - GTown
- Blue Mars
- Eitaro Soft - Lamity
- Football Superstars
- HiPiHi
- Kaneva
- LEGO Universe
- LivePlace
- Music Mogul
- Novoking
- Nurien
- Openlife Grid
- Planet Michael
- Playstation Home
- Second Life
- There
- Twinity
- Utherverse
- vSide
MUSIC:
- Loudcrowd
- Music Mogul
- Planet Michael
- vMTV
- vSide
DATING:
- Utherverse
- Weopia
EMAIL & SPACE:
- 3D Mailbox
- Celestia
- Copernic
RELIGION:
- Muxlim
- VivaConnect
WEB-BASED / IN-BROWSER (RANDOM VW STUFF):
- 3DXplorer
- ExitReality
- Journeys
- Just Leap In
- Kickfly
- LivePlace
- Loudcrowd
- Meez
- Muxlim
- NewLively
- PlaYce
- SceneCaster
- SmallWorlds
- sMeet
- Sosauce
- VivaConnect
- Vivaty
- WebFlock
- WeeWorld
- Yoowalk
VIRTUAL-WORLD CHATROOMS:
- Club Cooee
- ExitReality
- hangout.net
- IMVU
- Journeys
- Just Leap In
- Kickfly
- Loudcrowd
- Meez
- Multiverse Places
- Muxlim
- NewLively
- Onverse
- SceneCaster
- SmallWorlds
- sMeet
- Sosauce
- Taatu
- vMTV
- VivaConnect
- Vivaty
- WebFlock
- WeeWorld
SOCIAL-NETWORKING EXTENSIONS: (social-networks with virtual-worlds)
- ExitReality
- IMVU
- Kaneva
- Kickfly
- Loudcrowd
- Meez
- NewLively
- SceneCaster
- Sosauce
- Twinity
- Vivaty
- vSide
- WeeWorld
VIRTUAL BUSINESS-NETWORKING:
- 3DXplorer
- Prototerra
- Unisfair
VIRTUAL TOURISM:
- Amazing Worlds
- GeoSim (example: GeoSimPHILLY)
- Google - Earth
- Journeys
- Microsoft - Virtual Earth
- PlaYce
- The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time
- Twinity
VIRTUAL WORLD PLATFORMS:
- Blink 3D
- Croquet
- ExitReality
- RealXtend
- OpenSim
- Metaplace
- Multiverse
- Near
- Ogoglio
- Simurban
- VastPark
- Virtual Heroes
- web.alive
STANDARDS:
- MetaWSS
- MOGBox
- OpenSocial
- VastServer / IMML
RESOURCES:
- 2008 METAVERSE TOUR - THE SOCIAL VIRTUAL WORLD'S A STAGE
- Virtual Worlds Management - $184 MILLION INVESTED IN 23 VIRTUAL WORLDS-RELATED COMPANIES IN Q1 2008
