List of user created virtual worlds
List of user created virtual worlds:
Criteria – must allow some form of user creation of environments while allowing “outside” (not company “provided”) content such as textures, objects, external URL links etc.
A great list here! http://www.virtualworlds2007.com/worlds/index.html
Virtual Worlds :
SecondLife.com http://www.secondlife.com
IMVU: http://www.imvu.com
ActiveWorlds: http://www.activeworlds.com
OpenCroquet: http://www.opencroquet.org/index.php/Main_Page
Java.net: Project Darkstar: https://games-darkstar.dev.java.net/index.html#Darkstar_Playground
Hybrid: allow user created spaces with in-world content.
Habbo Hotel: http://habbo.com/
Furcadia: http://www.furcadia.com
Entropia: http://www.entropiauniverse.com/en/rich/5000.html
Maybe: Words not online yet.
Hipihipi in China: http://www.hipihi.com/
Sony’s “Home”: http://homebetatrial.com/
Raph Koster’s Areae: http://www.areae.net/
Games: Games/MMO’s are virtual worlds with pre-established rules and some user choices within the main “game”. May also have purely social spaces but no user-uploaded content.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MMOGs
Larger lists of virtual worlds:
Virtual Worlds Review: http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/thesimsonline/
Did I miss your favorite? Let me know: orange[at]studiosfo.net
