The Blue Book

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The Blue Book

The B lue Book
A Consumer
Guide to
Vi r tua l Wor lds
The Assoc ia t i on o f V i r t ua l Wor lds
Blue Book
A Consumer
Guide to
Virtual
Worlds
The
Blue Book
A Consumer Guide to
Virtual Worlds and Social Networks
Guide
Listings
Brief Descriptions
Links
Categories
Published by
The Association of Virtual Worlds
© 2010 www.AssociationOfVirtualWorlds.com
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Copyright 2010 Association of Virtual Worlds
All rights reserved.
Association of Virtual Worlds
Edita Kaye Founder
7th Edition
November 2010
www.AssociationOfVirtualWorlds.com
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The Team
Edita Kaye
Founder & Publisher
Edita Kaye is a new kind of author development expert. She introduced this agency to two outstanding authors in
just a few months that we subsequently took to strong six figure deals with major publishing houses. Not only does
she spot talent and potential but she helps develop projects, makes the right introductions and has a keen sense of
contemporary book marketing. It is a pleasure working with her and with the talented writers she brings to us.
Larry Kirshbaum,
Founder LJK Literary Agency, NYC,
Formerly Chairman Warner Books
Author: She is the award-winning author of sixteen books including The Fountain of Youth; The Anti-Aging
Weight Loss Program, Bone Builders: The Complete Low fat Cookbook Plus Calcium and The Diet a novel which
rose to #1 on Amazon. She has also written The Blue Book: Consumer Guide to Virtual Worlds, The Green Book:
Enterprise Guide to Virtual Worlds as well as strategic marketing books for professionals and trainers including
Marketing to the Senior Market, 101 Ways To Get And Keep New Patients, and The Superstar Doctor: Identifying,
Grooming, & Promoting the Patient-Generating Physician. Several of her books were selected by the Doubleday
Book Club, The Literary Guild, and The Christian Book Club.
Business Builder: She built a $6.5 million internet diet and weight loss business in just 30-monthswith 150,000
customers through a unique combination of product and marketing strategies
Publisher: Kaye packaged not only her own titles but others and secured six and seven figure deals. She also
negotiated sales of thousands of books to major national retailer such as Sam’s Club
TV Producer & Host: She was the executive producer and host of her own national PBS series, The Fountain of
Youth dedicated to helping baby boomers live healthier, happier, longer lives.
Founder: She is the founder of the Association of Virtual Worlds, one of the leading groups of business and
professional leaders in the cutting edge industry of the next generation of the Internet. In addition she was the
Founder of the Women’s Conference Institute and co-founder of The Canadian Stress Institute. She launched The
Mature Market Report.
Media Expert: Edita has appeared on countless Network and Cable Television programs, as well as being a
frequent guest on a wide variety of radio shows. Edita or her work have also appeared in magazines and newspapers
including; The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, Woman's World
Magazine, Parade, Redbook, Ladies' Home Journal, Glamour, Essence, and First For Women. She has also
presented on QVC in a ‘sold out’ show.
Spokesperson: Edita served as a spokesperson for L’Oreal.
Motivational Speaker & Coach: She inspires, motivates, coaches and trains through programs for both large and
small audiences, corporations and individuals including Johnson & Johnson, The American Marketing Association
and The Association of Women Executives to name a few.
Award Winner: She won Honorable Mention in the Writer’s Digest 2000 National Self-Published Book Award and
has received Certificates of Appreciation from The American Marketing Association Southern California, The
International Association of Business Communicators NYC and the American Business Women’s Association. She
has been a member of the American College of Healthcare Marketing
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Barbara L. Ciaramitaro, Ph.D.
Editorial Directory
Barbara L. Ciaramitaro is an assistant professor with the College of Business at Ferris State
University in Big Rapids, Michigan where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on a
variety of topics including information security, business intelligence, social media and virtual
worlds, and project management. Dr. Ciaramitaro entered the academic world after 30 years of
experience in business including 10 years as an executive with General Motors where she
participated as co-inventor on four patents related to a proprietary software development effort.
Prior to General Motors, Dr. Ciaramitaro was employed as Director of Technology at two of the
largest law firms in the State of Michigan.
Dr. Ciaramitaro holds a Ph.D. from Nova Southeastern University in Information Systems with a
graduate certificate in Information Security; a M.S. from Central Michigan University in
Software Engineering Administration; and a B.A. in Psychology from Wayne State University.
She is currently working on earning her MBA degree from Ferris State University. Dr.
Ciaramitaro has earned several professional certifications including the CISSP (Certified
Information System Security Professional), CSSLP (Certified Software System Lifecycle
Professional) and PMP (Project Management Professional).
Dr. Ciaramitaro is a frequent speaker and author on topics including social media, virtual worlds,
and privacy. She edited the book and authored chapters in Virtual Worlds and E-Commerce:
Technologies and Applications for Building Customer Relationships published by IGI Global in
August 2010. She is currently editing the book and authoring chapters for Mobile Technology
Consumption: Opportunities and Challenges to be published by IGI Global in 2011. During her
employment as Director of Technology, she co-authored Excellence in Action which detailed a
total quality initiative she coordinated at a prestigious law firm in Michigan. Currently, she is
also editor for the Virtual World Directories published by the Association of Virtual Worlds.
She is an active member of several professional organizations including the Association of
Virtual Worlds, Project Management Institute, ISACA, ISC2 and IEEE.
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Welcome
If you are a newbie (a newcomer) to virtual worlds, this book will open up the metaverse and
show you the exciting possibilities which are just a click away on your own computer. You’ll
find a wide variety of virtual spaces, environments, and playgrounds from the very sophisticated,
to the quick and simple, just waiting for you to explore.
If you are a pro and long time fan of virtual worlds this book will give you a kind of “one stop
shopping” reference to the worlds that are already live and those that are still in the planning and
development stages.
If you are a business or an organization this book will guide you to the many possible platforms
available to bring the virtual enterprise into your own organization.
But above all this book was put together to showcase the amazing worlds already in existence—
over 300—for your entertainment, education, and even healing, as well as socializing,
communication and play.
We hope you find your journey of exploration into virtual worlds rewarding.
Other Titles
Edita Kaye
Founder
www.TheAssociationofVirtualWorlds.com
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Newbie Glossary
AVATAR
“Avatar” comes from Hindu mythology and means the incarnation of a divine being. But in the
virtual world an avatar is an icon or representation of a user. So if Sally, Joe and Henry want to
get inside a virtual world they first have to create avatars of themselves and those avatars would
have virtual world passes.
CYBERSPACE
The word was invented by sci-fi writer William Gibson in a 1982 story he called Burning
Chrome. By the 1990s it became another word for “Internet” and “Web”. So if you’ve been on
the Internet or if you’ve surfed the web…guess what…you’ve been in cyberspace.
METAVERSE
The Metaverse started as a fictional 3D world of avatars created by author Neal Stephenson in
his 1992 sci-fi novel, Snow Crash. Today, many of my friends use the world “metaverse” when
they mean virtual worlds, as opposed to universe, or the real world.
MMORPG
MMORPG stands for “massively multiplayer online role playing game”. MMORPGs allow large
numbers of players to interact with each other, go on quests, do battle, even live, work and shop
in a fictional virtual world. The term was coined by Richard Garriott the creator of Ultima
Online.
SOCIAL NETWORK
Social Networks are sites where individuals and communities can discuss, communicate,
collaborate and post information.
VIRTUAL WORLD
A virtual world is a computer-based simulated environment, says Wikipedia. Remember the
book The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis? These kids opened the wardrobe
and found themselves in a whole other world called Narnia. Well, you could think of a computer
as a 21st century “wardrobe” and virtual worlds as the “Narnia’s” of today. Or how about this
way to think about virtual worlds? Web 1.0 the first generation of the Internet was like looking at
a picture of a store window. In the second generation of the Internet, Web 2.0, the picture is
gone, instead there is the actual window filled objects. Now here is the third generation of the
Internet—the virtual web—where you are no longer standing outside the window looking in—
but you are now inside, actually inside, the store. Everything is three dimensional—you can
touch everything—try everything on—that’s the next big thing on the Internet and it’s here!
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Read ME First!
The Categories
The Association of Virtual Worlds with this Blue Book, strives to offer a useful resource
for anyone interested in virtual worlds. To organize this resource, we have used some commonly
used terms, including social network, MMORPG, and virtual world. Clearly, in this nascent
space, there is not always complete agreement concerning the definitions of each of these terms.
Accordingly, we have, where possible, adopted the characterization of the website, network,
game, or virtual world, made by the owner. Virtual worlds of course, find their roots in games
and, now, MMORPGs. As a result the number of virtual worlds in games is huge. This
compilation strives to provide a listing of virtual worlds but not necessarily an exhaustive list of
virtual worlds for all games. We have listed some of the most popular games for reference. There
is no question that some will dispute certain characterizations, and we welcome a rigorous debate
on the terms. Suffice to say, we have done our best in an emerging field, with a lot of data, in the
interests of outreach and education.
Categories
Beta
This world is in the planning and/or development stage and has not yet gone live
Live
This world is now live (though perhaps in “beta”)
Kids
Some worlds are designed for children beginning at age 3. Please make sure to visit the world
first to determine if it is right for your child.
Tweens
The tweens age group may include young people from ages 10 to 12 or 8 to 12, depending on the
site. Please make sure to visit the world first to determine if it is right for your child.
Teens
This is generally a designation for worlds aimed at young people ages 13 to 19, but please visit
the world first to determine if it is right for your teenager.
Adults
This is a designation for a world either designed for, or appropriate for, adults
VW
A virtual world in this book is used to describe environments with 3-D elements such as avatars
and living spaces.
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Virtual worlds and social networks that offer educational opportunities such as learning new
languages.
Game
Virtual worlds and social gaming sites used for entertainment.
MMORPG
There are the classic MMORPGs and then there are games which have some, but not all, of the
classic characteristics such as quests. In this book any virtual world with some of these
characteristics is referred to as a MMORPG.
SN
SN refers to Social Network. We have included the most popular social networks and
occasionally applied that designation to some of the virtual worlds.
EN
This is used mostly to describe those sites that offer custom virtual worlds to enterprise
organizations or businesses.
Mobile
Virtual worlds and social networks designed for mobile technologies
COM
3D environments that promote communication and collaboration among multiple participants
PL
Virtual World Platforms used to build custom virtual worlds.
Other
Virtual Worlds and Social Network sites that do not fit into any of the prior categories
The Overlap
Every attempt has been made to be as accurate as possible, however, there is overlap and the
determination of the content in virtual worlds is frequently a personal judgment call. Please make
sure your visit each world to determine for yourself which category it falls into and if it is
appropriate for you or your family.
Updates
Virtual worlds change very quickly. New ones are announced frequently and go from “coming”
to “live” in the blink of an eye. So while this book will be updated frequently, please check with
each virtual world between editions, to determine if any category changes have occurred. You
may also visit www.AssociationofVirtualWorlds.com for daily updates.
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Corrections
Please visit www.AssociationofVirtualWorlds.com to submit any corrections. We welcome your
help in keeping this book as up-to-date and accurate as possible.
Stay Safe
Online safety is important. Please learn as much as you can to keep yourself and your family safe
online. Here are some sites to get you started: www.govtech.com and www.onguardonline.gov.
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Virtual Worlds and Social Media for Consumers
Name, URL and Description
of Site
3B
Categories
Live
Teens
Adult
VW
EN
Live
Adults
PL
Other
Live
Adult
EN
Other
Live
All Ages
SN
Live
Adults
VW
www.3b.net
A platform that allows users to
socialize in customizable 3D spaces
called villages. Able to display
MySpace pages, favorite websites,
and Flicker Photos
3Dvia
www.3dvia.com
3DVIA empowers anyone, at any
skill level to create professional
quality 3D applications, simulations
and games.
3Ds Max
www.Autodesk.com
3D animation, modeling and
rendering that allows artists to
quickly ramp up for production.
3D Planets
www.3DPlanets.com
A family safe 3D chat community in
either 2D or 3D environments.
3rd Rock Grid
SN
www.3rdRockGrid.com
A social community of worldwide
individuals interacting in a “virtual
three dimensional online world”. The
content, look, and feel of the world is
created by the individuals interacting
within the world.
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3D Walkthroughs
Categories
Live
Adult
EN
Live
Adult
VW
EN
Live
Adults
Game
Other
Live
Children
Teens
VW
Live
Children
Game
Live
Adults
VW
www.3dwalkthroughs.com
Custom 3D Walkthroughs produce
detailed and realistic presentations
demonstrating all aspects of a
proposed real estate development
and Interactive 3D floor plans is a
fully customizable interface utilizing
3D animation, photos, video, and
more.
3Dxplorer
www.3dxplorer.com
3DXPlorer is an online platform for
designing interactive 3D web pages
and virtual worlds including 3D
spaces and 3D objects, in which web
visitors can walk, visualize objects
and interact as easily as they
navigate through HTML pages, but
in a 3D immersive mode.
A World of My Own
www.awomo.com
High speed download game service.
Action Stars
www.actionallstars.com
A virtual sports world aimed at kids ages
6 to 14
Actionjetz
www.Actionjetz.com
Online gaming site for children
focused on the theme of airplanes.
Active Worlds
PL
www.activeworlds.com
Activeworlds offers a comprehensive
platform for efficiently delivering
real-time interactive 3D content over
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the web. For consumers,
Activeworlds hosts a Universe of
over 1000 3D virtual reality worlds.
Provides3D worlds you can build or
visit and chat in worlds built by other
users.
Adellion
Live
Adult
Game
MMORPG
Live
Children
VW
Live
Teens
Adults
VW
Game
Live
Chidren
Teens
Adult
VW
SN
Live
Teens
Adults
VW
Game
Live
Tweens
Teens
VW
www.adellion.com
A MMORPG set on the fantasy virtual
world of Adellion.
Adventure Rock
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/adventureroc
k/
Virtual online world for children
ages 8-12 created by the BBC.
Adventure Quest
www.adventurequest.com
A Flash-animated RPG (role-playing
game) in which you fight against
monsters and enemies.
Agape World Fellowship
www.agapeworldfellowship.org
3D virtual reality Christian
fellowship community.
Age of Conan
www.ageofconan.com
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
is an MMORPG based on the world
and works of author Robert E.
Howard. Players enter Hyboria with
thousands of their friends and
enemies to live, fight and explore.
Ai Sp@ce
http://ai-sp.jp/home.html
A virtual 3-D world with characters
and settings from visual novels with
MMORPG
MMORPG
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an emphasis on bishojo (beautiful
girls) in Japanese in which players
will be able to customize wardrobes
for avatars based on selected
characters, decorate a home, chat,
and possibly even shop.
Akebulan
Live
Adults
EN
Platform
Live
Tweens
Teens
SN
Game
Live
Tweens
Teens
Adults
VW
Live
Adults
EN
PL
Live
Adults
PL
Mobile
Live
Tweens
Teens
Games
MMORPG
Other
www.Akebulan.com
3D modeling software to allow
developers and graphic artists to
create and performance test 3D
animation, modeling and textures.
All Girl Arcade
www.AllGirlArcade.com
A gaming portal for girls including
casual games, memberships, points
and rewards, and an online mall.
Alpha World
www.activeworlds.com/worlds
The oldest collaborative virtual
world on the Internet launched in
1995 with over 60 million virtual
objects in a space as large as the state
of California.
Alternativa 3D
www.alternativaplatform.com
A platform that can be used to create
games or other multiuser media on the
Internet
Ambient Performance
EN
www.ambientperformance.com
Ambient Performance specializes in
mobile performance solutions and
Enterprise Virtual Worlds.
Anarchy Online
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www.anarchy-online.com
A science fiction themed MMORPG
which has received high praise and won
20 international awards.
Anim8or.com
Adult
Live
Adults
PL
EN
Other
Live
Children
SN
VW
Game
Live
Adult
PL
Other
Live
Teens
Adult
Games
MMORPG
Live
Teens
Adults
SN
Live
Teens
SN
Game
Live
Adult
EN
PL
www.anim8or.com
A freeware 3D modeling and character
animation program.
Arborpals
www.Arbopals.com
Children’s site focused on learning
about trees.
Art of Illusion
www.artofillusion.org
A free, open source 3D modeling and
rendering studio.
Asda Story
www.asdastory.com
A 3D MMORPG with personalized
avatars, costumes, and a “buddy”
system.
Asiantown
www.asiantown.net
An Asian online community offering
chat, forums, dating, picture rating
and more.
Audition
http://au.mmosite.com/
Online dance game in a virtual club
with hot music, dance contests,
custom avatars, shopping and
socializing.
AutoCad Civil 3D
Other
www.Autodesk.com
A 3D animation, modeling and
rendering tool
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Avatar Hangout
Categories
Live
Teens
Adults
VW
Live
Adults
EN
VW
Live
Children
Games
ED
Live
Children
Teens
VW
SN
Live
Tweens
VW
SN
www.AvatarHangout.com
Avatar Hangout is a free online 3D
virtual world community, where you
can interact with friends from all
over the world.
AVAYA 3D web.alive
COM
http://support.avaya.com/
css/Products/P0942
Avaya web.alive™ is a software
service that provides an enterprise
ready, network secured platform for
assisting eCommerce,
learning/training applications, and
collaboration. Using stunning 3D
graphics and revolutionary 3D
spatial audio, Avaya web.alive™
engage audiences while allowing
fluid and natural communication.
Bamboo Bunch
www.Bamboobunch.com
A safe and free children’s
educational multiplayer online game
Barbie Girls
www.barbiegirls.com
A virtual world in which users can
customize Barbie dolls, create
homes, adopt pets, and chat with
others.
Beacon Street Girls
www.beaconstreetgirls.com
A virtual world with games, shopping,
socializing and setting positive values
for girls ages 9 to 13 modeled after the
Beacon Street Girls branded books and
products
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Beanie Babies
Categories
Live
Children
VW
Live
All Ages
SN
Live
Children
Tweens
VW
SN
Live
Children
Tween
VW
Game
ED
Live
All Ages
VW
ED
Other
Live
Children
Tweens
VW
Game
www.beaniebabies20.com
Beanie Babies 2.0 plush toys unlock a
virtual worlds with a home habitat,
games, friends chat, your own room, and
a big book of beanies to design and
update your profile.
Bebo
www.bebo.com
Bebo which is based on the phrase “blog
early blog often” is a social networking
site, international in scope and offering
similar features to My Space and
Facebook.
Be-Bratz
www.be-bratz.com
A virtual world for Bratz fans that
allows users to create a Bratz character,
and a MyPage, decorate a room, design
fashions, look after a pet and interact
with others online.
Bella Sara
www.bellasara.com
A virtual world for kids ages 5 to 12
who love horses. Here children can feed,
care for, train and play with their horses,
play games and solve puzzles.
Big Universe
www.biguniverse.com
This is a kind of combination website
and virtual world that allows kids and
their parents to read or buy books, and
even become authors by creating their
own titles.
Big Green Help
www.biggreenhelp.com
An ecology based virtual world for kids
and tween from Nickelodeon with daily
quizzes and games
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Bin Weevils
Categories
Live
Children
VW
Live
Teens
Adults
SN
Live
Adult
PL
EN
Other
Beta
Adult
COM
SN
Other
Live
Adult
PL
EN
VW
Live
Children
VW
Live
Adult
EN
Other
Live
Children
VW
ED
www.binweevils.com
A 3D virtual world for kids which has
been compared to Club Penguin
BlackPlanet
www.blackplanet.com
BlackPlanet is an online niche socialnetworking site targeted especially for
the African American community.
Blender.org
www.blender.org
Blender is the free open source 3D
content creation suite.
Blerp
www.Blerp.com
Blerp lets you start a discussion
right on top of any website.
Blue Mars
www.avatar-reality.com
A virtual world platform dedicated to
bringing people together on a
massive global scale.
Boom Bang
www.boombang.tv
A virtual world with a Spanish flavor
where kids can meet friends: laugh,
cry, fly, look after your pet, throw
coconuts, kiss and much more
BoxShot3d
http://www.boxshot3d.com/
A virtual cover renderer to develop 3D
packaging for websites and brochures
Brain Nook
www.Brainnook.com
A virtual world that helps children
develop their math and English
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skills.
Buddy Isles
Live
Children
VW
Live
Children
VW
Live
Children
VW
Live
Children
VW
SN
Live
Adults
SN
Game
Live
Children
Tweens
VW
www.Buddyisles.com
Buddy Isles is a Virtual World for
children to play exciting games,
interact with friends from all around
the world, dwell is an adventurous
story that surrounds the Isles, ruled
by an imaginary queen called Alia.
Build-a-Bearville
www.buildabearville.com
A virtual world for kids that allows
users to bring their stuffed animals to
life, play games and chat online.
Bunnytown
http://atv.disney.go.com/playhouse/bunn
ytown/index.html
For young children this virtual world
invites kids to create and personalize
their avatar and then decorate their
virtual home, play games, hang out with
friends or go shopping.
Cackleberries
www.cackleberries.com
A virtual world with games, craft
projects, videos, music, recipes and
stories which is based on a village
and characters of a children's book
Café.com
www.cafe.com
Social gaming site which allows players
to invite friends from the major social
networks and IM and compete with
them in over 50 games
Cars
http://worldofcars.go.com/
World of Cars Online is a virtual
world based on the hit Disney/Pixar
animated feature CARS.
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Cartoon Doll Emporium
Categories
Live
Children
VW
SN
Live
Tweens
Teens
Adults
VW
Games
Live
Teens
SN
Game
Live
Children
SN
Game
Live
All Ages
VW
Game
Live
Children
VW
Live
Teens
VW
www.CartoonDollEmporium.com
An online community where you can
make your own doll, home and new
friends.
CC Metro
www.mycoke.com
CC Metro is an online game developed
by the creators of the online world
There.com and is sponsored by Coca
Cola. It can be reached through
MyCoke.com.
Chaotic
http://www.chaoticgame.com/
A game based on Danish trading cards
and with the TV show on Fox 4Kids TV
which involves uploading a code from
each playing card and trading and
playing online.
Chapatiz
www.chapatiz.com
Something between an online game and
a French social network for kids with
avatars and activities.
Categories: live/kids/vw/SocNet
Chobots
www.chobots.com
A virtual world and a family game
aimed at creating an interesting, safe
and learning environment for parents
and kids and tweens between 6 and
14
Chuggington
www.chuggington.com
Train based animated television series
for preschoolers.
City of Heroes
Game
MMORPG
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www.cityofheroes.com
A MMORPG (massive multiplayer
online role-playing game) based on the
superhero comic book genre. Players
create superhero characters and team up
with others to complete missions and
fight villains.
Citypixel
Adults
Live
Adults
VW
SN
Live
Tweens
Teens
SN
Live
Tweens
Teens
VW
Game
Beta
Tweens
Teens
VW
SN
Live
Children
VW
www.citypixel.com
This is a pixelar-based virtual world in
which residents can lease apartments,
watch movies and videos, play games,
chat with friends, share photos and enjoy
the features of a virtual social.
Classmates.com
www.classmates.com
Classmates is a social network that helps
members find, connect and keep in
touch with friends and acquaintances
from throughout their lives — including
kindergarten, primary school, high
school, college and the U.S. military.
The Club
http://www.nick.com/clubA
Nickleodeon sponsored immersive 3D
virtual world designed to be a safe
place for kids to hang out, be
creative, and connect with each other
online.
Club Cooee
www.ClubCooee.com
A 3D online environment for teens who
want to hang out, create avatars,
furnishings, play games, watch movies
and socialize together
Club Fish
www.club-fish.com
A virtual world where kids can become
fish, live and explore the ocean with
friends.
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www.maidmarian.com
A MMORPG 3D world with avatars,
islands to explore, where people gather
to socialize, chat, dance, drive and even
create their own music.
Club Penguin
www.clubpenguin.com
Virtual online world owned by Disney
for children ages 6 to 14. There are
cartoon penguin avatars, children can
chat, play games, and play together in a
snow-covered virtual world.
Club Pony Pals
www.clubponypals.com
A new online game and vertical virtual
world based on the book series. Kids
will be able to adopt a virtual pony,
chose the pony’s color, personality and
training level, care for it and take it on
virtual rides.
Cobalt
www.opencroquet.org/index.php/Cobalt
Open Cobalt is a free and open
source virtual world browser and
toolkit application built on top of the
Croquet SDK.
Conduit Labs
http://www.conduitlabs.com/
Platform for online music gaming
Cooliris
www.cooliris.com
A program that transforms your browser
into a full-screen 3D experience for
online photos and videos
CosmoGIRL Village
http://www.seventeen.com/cosmogirl/
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On online community based on
Seventeen Magazine and Cosmo Girl.
The Croquet Consortium
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www.opencroquet.org
Croquet is a powerful open source
software technology that, in the form
of the Croquet Software Developer's
Kit (Croquet SDK), can be used by
experienced software developers to
create and deploy deeply
collaborative multi-user online
virtual world applications
Categories: live/adults/enterprise/custom
Cybertown
www.cybertown.com
A virtual world with a metaverse sci-fi
theme in which residents build homes,
get jobs, get political and enjoy clubs,
movies and concerts.
CyWorld
www.cyworld.com
A South Korean world with avatars and
social networking areas called
“minihompy”.
Dark Age of Camelot
www.darkageofcamelot.com
An MMORPG based on the world of
Camelot with quests, battles and an
online community.
Categories: live/teens/adults/MMORPG
Daz3D
www.daz3d.com
Over 3000 3D solutions that bring 3D
art directly to the masses through
digital 3D content and software
Deco Online
http://www.joymax.com/deco/
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Free-to-play casual MMORPG with
fantasy-based characters, shop for
purchasing virtual goods and avatar
accessories.
DGamer
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www.dgamer.com
A social network for kids from Disney
that will allow kids to enjoy three levels
of chat, trade “stuff”, and score points
using avatars
Dinokids
www.dinokids.com
Virtual world designed for kids with
dinosaur characters, social networking
features, and intriguing quests and story
lines.
Dinosaur Junction
ED
www.dinosaurjunction.com
A virtual world for kids with a focus on
fun and learning of all things prehistoric
with games and shopping and activities
designed by parents
Disney Fairies
www.disneyfairies.com
A Disney world for children ages 6 to
10. Children can create their own fairy
avatar with unique talents and
personalities.
Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow
www.pixiehollow.com
A virtual world for kids that offers
Clickables, internet-connected toys such
as eBracelets that link to online play
within the Pixie Hollow.
Disney Toon Town
www.toontown.com
This is the first MMORPG designed for
kids. Children have their own Toon
Game
MMORPG
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avatars and join forces to protect the
world from invaders. They can also
explore, furnish a home, and train a pet.
Dizzywood
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www.dizzywood.com
A virtual world for children ages 8 to 12
where they can create a character, pick a
personality, explore new worlds, play
games and earn reward points and
badges.
DMC World
www.dmcworld.com
DJ only record subscription online
community
Dofus
www.dofus.com
An award-winning MMORPG from
France in which players create avatars,
join guilds, lose and retain energy points
and fight battles.
Doll House
www.digitaldollhouse.com
A virtual world where kids collect,
create, share and display 3D virtual
items for themselves, family and
friends
Doodlebops
www.doodlebops.com
A virtual world for kids with music,
shopping, games and other activities
based on the TV show.
dPals
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www.dPals.com
dPals is a social network for children
where they can interact with each
other using a self-created avatar.
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Live
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Live
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Teens
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www.DrivingKids.com
Driving Kids provides free online
educational games for children.
Dungeons & Dragons
www.ddo.com
An MMORPG that defines the genre
and has set the standard for fantasy role
playing for more than 30 years—players
create heroic fantasy characters—which
they guide through a series of
adventures and challenges, working
together to overcome challenges and
grow in power, glory, and achievement.
Eco Buddies
MMORPG
www.ecobuddies.com
EcoBuddies is a children’s virtual
world full of animal games and
hamster games.
Edusim3D
www.edusim3d.com
A 3D virtual world designed to bring a
virtual environment to the classroom
interactive whiteboard.
Eeko World
www.eekoworld.org
A PBS world designed to help
children learn about the important
role they can play in taking care of
the earth through two interactive
games, which allow children to
create their own unique home and
creature.
eKinda World
www.eKidnaWorld.com
A children’s virtual world and social
network site where children can play
games, decorate and go shopping.
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www.elfisland.com
A virtual world that empowers kids to
play an active role in making a
difference in the real world through
entertaining game play, storytelling, and
social interaction.
Ekoloko
www.Ekoloko.com
Virtual world for children and
tweens.
Empire of Sports
www.empireofsports.com
This is a multisport MMORPG-type
game where players create an avatar
which becomes more skilled over time.
In addition players can play in
competitions or hang out in virtual
venues with friends.
Entropia Universe
www.entropiauniverse.com
This is a virtual universe MMORPG
with an in-game cash currency that
players can convert to real money, build
avatars, enjoy activities and play with
players from all over the globe.
EON Reality
www.eonreality.com
Interactive 3D Virtual Meeting
Software provider for business and
education based on virtual reality
technology
Erepublik
www.erepublik.com
A MMORPG online social strategy
game.
Eve Online
MMORPG
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www.eveonline.com
online role-playing game) in which
players pilot space ships through over
five thousand solar systems and
participate in professions and activities
like mining, manufacturing, trade and
combat.
EverQuest
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www.everquest.com
3D MMORPG (massive multiplayer
online role-playing game) in which
players create an avatar to explore the
fantasy world, fight monsters and
enemies for treasure, earn points and
master trade skills.
ExitReality
MMORPG
www.exitreality.com
ExitReality is a new technology that
makes the entire Internet 3D by
creating an instant 3D world from
any web page.
Facebook
www.facebook.com
Facebook is a social networking site that
allows users to join and connect with
one or more networks in the categories
of school, work, or geography.
Fantage
www.fantage.com
A virtual world for kids with games,
chat, avatars and houses to personalize
and an economy based on ‘stars’ that let
kids purchase additional items.
Fashion Fantasy Game
www.fashionfantasygame.com
The first online game that teaches
business to tweens and teens through a
fashion fantasy world where they can
design and sell girls clothes or own a
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chic clothing store.
Final Fantasy Online
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http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index
.shtml
Online site devoted to the Final Fantasy
MMORPG.
Flickr
www.flickr.com
MMORPG
Online photo management and
sharing application in the world.
Flixter
www.flixter.com
A free online database of information
about films and actors with a social
networking component allowing
members the ability to review, rate and
compare films with others.
Flowplay
www.flowplay.com
A virtual community built around
personalized avatars that can then play
browser-based games and earn virtual
products.
FooPets
www.foopets.com
A virtual world where you can adopt an
online pet.
Football Superstars
www.footballsuperstars.com
Virtual world/game where players can
create a football (soccer) personality,
experience training and play the game.
There are also bars and clubs to visit and
lots of virtual products to purchase.
Football Village
www.footballvillage.net
The Village is a virtual world,made
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by streets, houses and shops where
you can play, meet new friends and
enjoy your soccer passion with the
other citizens.
Forterra Systems Inc.
Live
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www.forterrainc.com/
Forterra Systems provides virtual
world software that enable our
customers and partners to create their
own secure and scalable
collaborative 3D Internet solutions.
Furry Fable
http://www.furryfable.com
Furry Fable is a free online game for
kids, in which they play alongside
many familiar fairy tale characters
ForumWarz
www.forumwarz.com
A browser-based role-playing game
(RPG) which included forums,
challenges, mini games, single player
adventures, live chat and a system of
revenue generation inside the game.
Foursquare
Other
www.Foursquare.com
Foursquare is a mobile application
that makes cities easier to use and
more interesting to explore. It is a
friend-finder, a social city guide and
a game that challenges users to
experience new things, and rewards
them for doing so. Foursquare lets
users "check in" to a place when
they're there, tell friends where they
are and track the history of where
they've been and who they've been
there with.
Frank Town Rocks
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Described as the world’s first musicdriven virtual world for kids created and
developed by parents
Free Realms
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www.freerealms.com
A free 3D virtual world with unique
graphics and fun, quirky activities
for kids and tweens
Freggers
www.freggers.com
A free to play online world and 3d
chat game where you can meet old
friends and find new ones.
Frenzoo
Game
www.frenzoo.com
A Hong Kong based space for teens to
connect with friends, create 3D avatars,
create fashions and lifestyle items.
Categories: live/teens/vw
Friendster
www.friendster.com
Social networking site used mostly in
Asia and is based on the Circle of
Friends and Web of Friends techniques
for networking.
FRIV
www.friv.com
A collection of free online safe
games for kids
Fusion Fall
fusionfall.com
From the Cartoon Network this is an
online MMORPG designed to appeal to
the kid-set.
Gaia Online
www.gaiaonline.com
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A virtual online world where teens can
create their own avatars, play games,
participate in contests, create their own
virtual space and meet and make friends.
Gaia Online MMO
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http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/gaiaonline-mmo-battle/f.259/
A virtual community where members
can play games, make friends, chat and
shop.
Galaxseeds
www.galaxseeds.com
A MMOG for kids ages 8 to 12 in which
kids get to explore a universe, create an
avatar, customize living space and earn
wealth and fame by raising plants to
fight evil forces.
Gamasutra
www.gamasutra.com
Online site devoted to sharing news and
information about games.
GameStrata
www.gamestrata.com
A social network for gamers
GameStop Playground
www.gamestop.com/playground
A new website designed to put anxious
parents at ease about buying video
games for kids featuring activities, minigames, videos and tools for parents and
families
GameZIndia
www.GameZIndia.com
An Indian-based online casual games
portal offering social networking
tournaments and prizes
Gaming Krib
www.Gamingkrib.com
Other
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Designed by a leading panel of
educators, parenting experts and
YOUR COMMUNITY! The Gaming
Krib enhances and stimulates a
child's growth by orchestrating the
delicate balance between play,
learning time and social creativity in
a safe place
Digimi
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Live
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Teens
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www.Gizmoz.com
Personalized avatar generator and
content and content catalog.
GoFish
www.gofish.com
An entertainment and media
company with a focus on reaching
kids, teens and moms which features
virtual worlds and gaming sites
Gogofrog
www.gogofrog.com
A 3D online world with personalized
spaces for photos, music, writing in a
journal and a hub where friends gather
and hang out. Offers 3D templates and
interactive objects that provide
Educators globally with powerful,
highly engaging, Project, Inquiry &
Challenge based learning tools.
GoLive 2
www.golive2.com
Game portal.
goSupermodel
www.gosupermodel.com
A social network for girls to socialize,
play games and have fun
Gravatar
Other
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http://en.gravatar.com/
A gravatar is a globally recognized
avatar image that follows you around the
Internet and appears beside your name
whenever you comment on gravatarenabled sites such as forums and blogs.
Green
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Live
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Live
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www.green.com
A virtual world with an eco-theme for
kids
Green Panda
www.Greenpanda.cn
Green Panda Games is a safe, freeto-play virtual world for kids and
tweens. Hang out, chat, and play
games with your friends online
Green Phosphor
www.greenphosphor.com
Green Phosphor can help integrating
custom virtual worlds with data, provide
expert architectural guidance for virtual
world implementations - enabling virtual
meetings, virtual education, and
collaboration in the virtual space.
Grid Club
www.gridclub.com
A virtual world for kids with educational
games and activities
Grockit
www.grockit.com
Grockit says its mission is to “abolish
education and replace it with learning”
using a Massive Multi-Player Online
learning game.
Growums
www.Growums.com
What makes the Growums program
so special is that it combines learning
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and fun in the real garden with an
exciting, educational online
experience. So as the children’s real
gardens grow, so will the Growums
virtual world.
GTown
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Live
Teens
Adults
VW
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Teens
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Tweens
Teens
VW
ED
Live
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VW
ED
Live
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Tweens
VW
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www.9You.com
A Chinese virtual world with a
community platform and casual games
Guild Wars
www.guildwars.com
A series of MMORPGs (massive
multiplayer online role-playing games)
where players (alone or in groups),
create an avatar to save a virtual world
from enemies.
Habbo
www.habbo.com
A virtual world for teens with a hotel
theme; there’s a lobby to meet friends,
and guest rooms to personalize and
virtual stuff to buy.
Hanacity
www.hanacity.com
Designed by the Hana Bank of Korea
this virtual world for children ages 10 to
15 is designed to teach money
management, economics, career
selection, and investment strategies.
Handipoints
www.handipoints.com
Kids and parents
A virtual world that allows parents to
program in virtual (and real) rewards as
well as using the pre-programmed
reward system for chores completed.
Happy Meal
www.happymeal.com
A virtual world for kids from
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McDonalds featuring games, puzzles,
avatars, and pets
Hello Kitty
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Teens
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Live
Teens
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Live
Teens
Adults
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Teens
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MMORPG
http://www.sanrio.com
A virtual world for the character with
games and activities for children
Hi5
www.hi5.com
A social networking site in which users
create an online profile to showcase
their interests, age, hometown, pictures,
music and can accept new friends into
their “network.”
Hip Chicas
www.hipchicas.com
A virtual world for tween Latinas with
an eco-theme
HipHop Network
www.hiphop-network.com
A social network representing the hip
hop music and music lovers community
HiPiHi
www.hipihi.com
A virtual world from China in which
residents can explore, trade, and create
virtual products
Horseland.com
www.horseland.com
An online virtual world, multiplayer
game and social network community
that allows girls to design raise, show
and share their virtual horses.
Ikariam
www.ikariam.com
A virtual world and MMORPG with
avatars, quests, and the building of
villages and towns
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Adults
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www.ilemon.cn
An interactive entertainment
company specialized in developing
online communities and games based
on its advanced Flash-based
platform. Utilizing the latest
browser-based technology with easy
access - easy play, iLEMON
develops 2D and 3D virtual worlds
for niche interests
IMVU
www.imvu.com
A virtual chat world with 3D avatars and
lots of virtual products to buy in the
IMVU catalogue
Indyarocks.com
www.indyarocks.com
Social networking platform for
casual games, rate movies, and share
photos.
Infinity: The Quest for Earth
www.infinity-universe.com/Infinity/
online game) set in a futuristic virtual
universe. Players discover a huge galaxy
with billions of planets and can explore,
combat, trade, and socialize.
InWorldz
www.inWorldz.com
Explore beautiful regions, shop for
your avatar, meet new avatars to
hang out with, or discover your own
talents with your own region to build
your dreams! Become a pioneer and
help shape the world YOU want,
JumpStart Advanced
Preschool World
Game
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A PC game in which preschoolers can
meet new furry friends, go on missions,
play games in a 3D personalized
neighborhood.
Just Leap In
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Adults
VW
SN
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Tweens
VW
Game
Live
Adults
VW
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Tweens
VW
SN
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www.justleapin.com
A virtual, 3D home on the web
where members can share stuff –
photos, videos, news, and music —
while meeting others who share their
interests
Kabillion
www.kabillion.com
A free interactive kids’ network with
video, games contests and more and
the chance to become a Kabillionaire
Kaneva
www.kaneva.com
A virtual world combined with a 3D
social network residents create avatars,
decorate their own 3D loft, shop, chat,
dance, play games, watch TV and
movies and socialize with others.
KidStudio
www.kidstudio.com
From Canada a secure gaming
community where kids aged 6 to 14
can play games, watch videos, chat
with friends, make new friends,
create and dress up their avatars
KidZui
www.kidzui.com
A web browser and internet filter to
make the Internet safe for kids.
Kidzworld
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http://www.kidzworld.com/onlinegames
Offers a variety of games for
children and tweens.
Kinsaki
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SN
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Tweens
VW
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MMORPG
Live
Teens
Adults
VW
Game
MMORPG
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Adults
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Live
Adults
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Live
Children
VW
www.kinsaki.com
Kinsaki is an avatar community
where you can meet new friends and
hang out. You can create your own
avatar, personalize it and play games
and enjoy fun activities.
Kiwi Heroes
www.kiwiheroes.com
An MMOG for kids and young teens
with character advancement, special
powers and abilities, social and
community features, and solo and
group-based adventures and places to
explore.
Knight Online
www.knightonline.com
An MMORPG (massively multiplayer
online game) set in a fantasy virtual
world where people can play alone or
form into teams.
Koinup
www.koinup.com
Art, pictures, photos and machinima
from virtual worlds.
Kongregate
www.kongregate.com
A social network community for players
and game developers to meet up and
play games
KooKeys
www.kookeys.com
A virtual world tied the line of plush
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toys called “KooKeys” with stories,
games and activities.
Eitarosoft
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Provides a variety of 3D solutions
for mobile phones to the web.
Learning Spaces 3D
www.learningspaces3d.com
Provides an immersive environment
for virtual education.
The Legend of Mir
www.legendofmir.net
A German MMORPG in which players
create their own avatar and engage in
quests and challenges while traveling
through cities, woods and even
dungeons.
Lego Universe
http://universe.lego.com
A massive multiplayer online game with
little people called minifigs that can run,
jump, build, buy, sell, form teams, chat,
go on quests, and solve puzzles.
Lineage
www.lineage.com
online game) set in a fantasy virtual
world based on a castle siege with taxes,
monsters and quests for loot.
Linkedin
www.linkedin.com
A business-oriented social networking
site used mainly for professional
networking.
Littlest Pet Shop
www.hasbro.com/littlestpetshop
A new virtual world for kids that offers
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cute pets to care for, and train, games,
social interaction with friends and lots of
adventures.
Lola’s Land
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www.lolasland.com
A teen social networking portal that also
provides girls only chat rooms.
Lord of the Rings Online
www.lotro.com
An MMORPG based on the novels of
J.R.R. Tolkien.
Lourbo
www.Lourbo.com
Lourbo is an online game designed
for children and teens aged 6 to 16.
The game revolves around a created
online character that travels through
Lourbo.
Mabinogi
MMORPG
http://mabinogi.nexon.net/
MMORPG is a new fantasy world with
anime-looking characters with facial
expressions and the opportunity to also
play mini games within the virtual
world.
Magic World Online
http://mwo.enjoymmo.com
The first MMORPG that integrated
with in-game video chat system and
in-game bot system and everything
from war to marriage
Magi-Nation
www.magi-nation.com
A video game featuring currency,
various levels of achievement and
battles with creatures
Maplestory
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www.maplestory.com
A global 2D MMORPG with chat,
games and activities in which players
can enhance their appearance and other
game features by purchasing them in
order to better defeat monsters.
Marapets
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www.marapets.com
A pet site that has dress up games,
dolls you can customize with
clothing and accessories, flash games
that earn points, and pets to create
and care for.
Meet Me
http://www.meet-me.jp
A virtual world that takes visitors on a
shopping trip and tour of Tokyo
Meez
www.meez.com
A website that allows you to create your
own 3D avatar, personalize and animate
it and export it to other virtual worlds or
social networks. Meez now has its own
social environment as well.
Meetups
Other
www.meetups.com
Social Networking site focused on
organizing meetings on topics of
interest.
Miggoland
http://www.migoland.comA virtual
world built around gameplay and chat.
MyMiniPeeps
http://www.myminipeeps.com
MyMiniPeeps is a unique multiplayer game community for kids
ages 6-12. It is a true social
community in which kids can
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become involved. MyMiniPeeps
empowers players to participate in
the community with their friends by
taking on roles as artists, policemen,
farmers and many more. It also
offers a creative environment filled
with quests, games and lots of
beautiful and interesting places to
explore. By completing quests and
mastering games, players earn
trophies and titles that open up new
privileges as well as MiniBucks
which can be used to purchase
virtual goods.
Millsberry
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www.millsberry.com
A virtual 3D world for kids with games
and activities
Mingoville
www.mingoville.com
A virtual e-learning world available in
190 countries and designed to teach
children to speak English
MiniFriday
Other
www.minifriday.com
Mini Friday is a small research
project on virtual worlds on mobile
phones. We are trying to find out if
real-time virtual worlds make sense
on mobile devices.
MinyanLand
www.minyanland.com
A virtual world designed to teach kids
finance by showing them how to rent
apartments, upgrade to homes, invest in
the stock market and hold job.
Miss Bimbo
www.missbimbo.com
A virtual world designed to have players
avatars wear sexy lingerie, go on diets,
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undergo breast implants to become “the
coolest, richest, and most famous bimbo
in the whole world.”
MoiPal
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www.moipal.com
A free gaming world in which your
Pal can explore and have adventures.
Play games and make new friends,
and progress.
Moondus
www.moondus.com
A virtual reality platform designed to
allow businesses and organizations to
create their own realistic and secure
worlds inside the firewall.
Moove Online
www.moove.com
A 3D virtual world game with
customized 3D chat rooms and avatars.
MoshiMonsters
SN
www.moshimonsters.com
A virtual world where children adopt
and personalize their own Monster,
nurture it, play games and puzzles to
win currency they use to buy virtual
products.
Mrs. P
www.MrsP.com
An award-winning free interactive
digital storybook destination. Classic
children’s stories brought to life by
TV star Kathy Kinney as Mrs. P.
Music Pets Forum
www.loudcrowd.com
A social network environment in which
members can discuss music and other
topics.
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www.muonline.com
An MMORPG from Korea with a
fantasy setting in which players select an
avatar character and fight monsters to
gain experience
Multiply
www.multiply.com
A social networking site that allows
users to share media - such as photos,
videos and blog entries - with their
"real-world" network
Multiverse
Game
MMORPG
PL
www.multiverse.net
Multiverse is a technology platform that
asks “What World Will You Build?” It
enables development teams to create
high-quality, unique, and engaging
virtual worlds and MMOGs faster and
for less cost than ever before.
Muniz Online
www.munizonline.com
A 2d browser-based virtual world
that focuses on socializing, where
players can get married and elect a
king for the day
My Animal Family
www.mafkidsclub.com
Virtual world for kids based on the book
and DVD “My Animal Family”. Kids
can customize an avatar, play games to
earn points, support a charity and
cooperate with friends.
MyePets
www.myepets.com
A virtual world for kids unlocked with a
purchase of an ePets plush toy where
kids can take care of their pets, decorate
a house, interact with friends and have
fun.
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www.mylifeclub.it
An Italian virtual world for girls built on
a hand-held gaming device with avatars
that show personality and can change
outfits, go shopping, enjoy virtual
energy drinks, hang out at the beach or
dance parties.
MyNoggin
www.mynoggin.com
A personalized educational experience
by Nickleodeon for pre-school children
My Own Superhero
www.myownsuperher.com
Facebook social game.
Myrl
www.myrl.com
Other
Myrl is a social gateway for virtual
worlds that allows you to share your
virtual life on the web.
MySpace
www.myspace.com
My Space is a social networking site that
offers features such as interactive, usersubmitted network of friends, personal
profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music
and videos for teenagers and adults
internationally.
Mytopia
www.mytopia.com
As the site says, “Mytopia is helping the
world play together. Get your game on
with friends from Facebook, MySpace,
Bebo and Hi5.” A way to add social
games to social networks.
myYearbook
www.myyearbook.com
Game
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A social networking site which is over
90% American and was one of the top
ranked destination sites for teens ages 12
to 17.
NASA Kids Club
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http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/ki
dsclub/flash/index.html
An online space for kids with games and
exploration of new worlds.
Neopets
www.neopets.com
A world where members care for virtual
pets and buy them food, toys and treats
with a virtual currency they earn by
trading stocks, playing games, setting up
shop, or winning contests.
Nerdel’s 3D
www.nerdel.com
The Nerdel™ Company is a new and
innovative company that was
developed by a team of doctors,
nutritionists, chefs and fitness
experts to address the issues of
childhood obesity, hunger, fitness
and health.
The Nethernet
Game
www.pmog.com
A free passively multiplayer online
game. Nnominated for "Massively
Multiplayer Game of the Year" in the
12th Annual Interactive
Achievement Awards
New Belgium Brewing
www.newbelgium.com
An online virtual world that takes
visitors on an interactive tour of the
brewery
NFL Rush Zone
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www.nflrushzone.com
online game) with avatars, chat rooms,
mini-games, shopping, and an area for
each NFL team
Nicotto Town
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www.nicotto.jp
This is Japanese 2D virtual world
offers custom avatars, virtual gardens
and homes to build and decorate
Ninerift
http://www.ninerift.com/A socialnetwork-embeddable virtual world
which allows users to personalize
avatars and fight monsters.
Ning
PL
www.ning.com
This is an online platform that allows
users to create their own social network
and customize it to fit their niche market
or members.
Ninja Town
www.ninjatown.com
A virtual world and strategy game for
kids
Nourish Interactive
www.nourishinteractive.com
Free online fun nutrition games for
kids, interactive activities,
certificates of achievement, and
nutrition tools for parents in both
English and Spanish.
Open Wonderland
http://openwonderland.org
Open Wonderland is a 100% Java
open source toolkit for creating
collaborative 3D virtual worlds.
Within those worlds, users can
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communicate with high-fidelity,
immersive audio, share live desktop
applications, and collaborate in an
education, business, or government.
Onverse
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www.Onverse.com
Onverse is a free online virtual world
full of fun people and cool things to
do. Unlike 2D social networks that
simply give you a profile page, we
give you a free 3D home, clothing,
furniture and some tools to get you
started.
OpenLifeGrid
www.OpenLifeGrid.com
The Openlifegrid.com is a community
virtual world developed by the team at
3DX.
OpenSimulator
http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Grid_L
ist
OpenSimulator is an open source
multi-platform, multi-user 3D
application server. It can be used to
create a virtual environment (or
world) which can be accessed
through a variety of clients, on
multiple protocols.
Open Virtual Worlds Project
ED
http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/
Part of the New Media Consortium
(NMC) and Sun Microsystems this
project will develop a range of
standards-based, portable open-source
educational spaces, content and objects
to make it easier to learn, work and
exchange ideas in virtual space.
Categories:
coming/adults/enterprise/custom
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www.openworlds.com
An open X3D compatible system which
extends new and legacy applications
with immersive Web 3D graphics,
multimedia, animation, and VR
capabilities and originally developed for
NASA
Orkut
www.orkut.com
A social networking site, owned my
Google that allows members to create
their own communities. Orkut is most
active in India and Brazil.
OSGrid
www.Osgrid.org
Open source virtual world platform
ourWorld
www.ourWorld.com
Designed for tweens between the ages of
8 to 12, this virtual world offers 2D
avatars and a flash-based world. Kids
can play MMORPGs complete with
quests and goals, or play simple games,
get jobs, earn “flow” money to spend on
virtual prizes.
Panfu
www.panfu.com
A virtual world where kids can learn
Spanish, adopt pet pandas, dress them in
costumes, furnish a tree house, chat with
friends, and enjoy online games.
Papermint
www.papermint.com
A German-language virtual chat world
PBS Kids Play
www.pbskidsplay.org
A virtual world for kids ages 3 to 6
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designed to teach them skills. Each child
receives a personalized progress report.
Perfect World
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www.perfectworld.com
A free to play games portal
Piczo
www.piczo.com
An online photo website-builder and
community where members can also
share member-generated content.
Pirates of the Caribbean
www.piratesofthecaribbeanonline.com
This MMORPG from Disney allows
players to create pirate avatars and go on
quests meeting adventure and defeating
enemies along the way.
Planet Cazmo
Game
MMORPG
www.planetcazmo.com
A virtual world designed for kids.
PlanetvTech
http://planetvtech.com/
A virtual world and social networking
site for kids.
Playdom
www.playdom.com
Creator of social games for use on
Facebook, Myspace and iPhone.
Playstation Home
www.playstationhome.com
A social networking discussion site
focused on Playstation games
Pocoyo World
www.Pocoyoworld.com
A site for children centered around the
character Pocoyo. Includes games and
music.
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www.poptropica.com
A virtual online world in which kids
can travel, play games, compete in
head-to-head competition, and
communicate safely with each other.
PowerUp: The Game
MMORPG
www.powerupthegame.org
An MMORPG designed for teens in
which players try to save a planet from
ecological disaster with avatars, chat,
and lessons on 3D technologies and
other educational tools.
Precious Girls Club
www.preciousgirlsclub.com
A free faith-based brand from
Precious Moments that celebrates a
wondrous and all too brief moment
in a girl's journey
Project Wonderland
http://research.sun.com/projects/mc/mpk
20.html
A tool kit for creating virtual 3D
collaborative environments
ProtoSphere
ED
www.protonmedia.com
An e-learning solution combining
elements of simulations, gaming,
authoring tools and online meetings in
an immersive 3-D environment
Categories: live/adults/enterprise
Pumkin
www.Pumkin.com
Online site to support learning the
English Language
Quepasa
www.quepasa.com
Quepasa is a U.S.-based Spanish and
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English online social network with both
content and services of interest and
relating to Hispanics.
Quest Atlantis
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http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/
An international learning and teaching
project that uses a 3D multi-user
environment to immerse children, ages
9-15, in educational tasks, let them
travel to virtual places to perform
educational activities (known as Quests),
talk with others build avatars.
Teleplace
http://www.teleplace.com/
Teleplace’s unique vPresence™
technology securely combines VOIP,
chat, and video with a robust virtual
application command center, and can
be deployed either behind the
firewall or in the cloud.
Reaction Grid
www.ReactionGrid.com
Provides multiple virtual worlds
platforms.
RealXtend
www.realxtend.org
A free open source virtual world
platform with which users can create
their own applications, and a browser to
experience multiuser virtual worlds, and
a license for making virtual worlds
available to larger audiences.
Red Light Center
www.redlightcenter.com
This is a MMUR (massively multi-user
reality) virtual world modeled after
Amsterdam’s red light district. Virtual
nightclubs, hotels and bars make this an
adult playground in which members can
have sex with each other in a variety of
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fantasy settings.
Rescue Pets: MyePets
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www.myepets.com
A virtual world for kids unlocked with a
purchase of an ePets plush toy where
kids can take care of their pets, decorate
a house, interact with friends and have
fun.
Reunion
www.reunion.com
An online social network with both free
and paid memberships in which
members use their real names, not
screen names to networking with each
other
RezED
Other
www.Rezed.org
Welcome to RezEd, the online hub
for practitioners using virtual worlds,
offering access to the highest quality
resources and research in the field to
establish a strong network of those
using virtual worlds for learning.
Rhinestone Kitties
www.Rhinestonekitties.com
Online site providing music and videos
by the Rhinestone Kitties.
RideMakerz
www.ridemakerz.com
Virtual world for pre-teen boys where
they can build their own cars, drive
them, race them, and enjoy lots of
competitive activities
Roblox
www.roblox.com
ROBLOX is an online virtual
playground and workshop — where
kids of all ages can safely interact,
Game
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create, have fun, and learn. It's
unique in that practically everything
in this infinite playground is
designed and constructed by
individual members of the ROBLOX
community.
Rocketon
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www.rocketon.com
This is a virtual parallel world or
MMORPG that allows users to create
avatars and play on every website on the
Internet. There are games, treasure
hunts, surprises and notes to leave for
friends.
Roliana
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www.roliana.com
A virtual world set in a beautiful
kingdom complete with customizable
avatars, forums and virtual shopping
money to spend on unique designer
items.
RuneScape
www.runescape.com
online game) set in a fantasy world with
avatars where players can teleport
through monsters and various
challenges.
SceneCaster
www.scenecaster.com
A 3D world where members can create
and transform objects into three
dimensions, choose from an inventory of
existing objects, creates spaces and
share with friends on social networks.
Scions of Fate
www.scionsoffate.com
An MMORPG for players from the age
of 10 and up which combines martial
arts skills with cartoon-like avatars
MMORPG
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www.seapalsworld.com
A virtual world with a sea-theme and toy
tie-in where kids can “splash” in a
virtual aquarium or ocean, create a sea
pal avatar, chat with friends, play games
to earn pearl points and buy treasures
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Second Life
www.secondlife.com
A 3D virtual world built by residents
with avatars, activities, commerce and
entertainment.
Secret Builders
www.secretbuilders.com
Secret Builders is a quirky virtual
world, with an emphasis on culture
and learning. Imagine conversing
with William Shakespeare or
Sherlock Holmes as you build your
virtual home. There are games to
play and mysterious quests to
undertake.
Sherwood Dungeon
www.sherwooddungeon.com
MMORPG
A free 3D massive multiplayer
online role playing game played in
your web browser with no
registration or download required.
Shidonni
www.shidonni.com
A service that allows kids to create
their own virtual worlds, add
animals, and share them with friends.
Shining Stars
Game
www.shiningstars.com
A virtual world where kids can see an
image and locate their very own star as
well as play games, send e-cards to
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friends and hang out and have fun.
Sifa World
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http://content.sifakaworld.com/index.
html
The first wildlife-themed virtual
world which allows your child to
play games, make friends, and
contribute to wildlife conservation.
SitePal
www.sitepal.com
An internet service that allows you to
create and add a fully customizable
speaking avatar to you website or email
SmallWorlds
www.smallworlds.com
3D virtual world that runs on a browser
without any need to install special
software and enables players to build
rooms, houses and even their own world
and fill it with items and fun activities
with friends.
sMeet
Game
www.smeet.com
A 3D virtual world with avatars,
fashion, friends, chat, video and more
SocialGo
www.socialgo.com
A do-it-yourself social network with
photo and video sharing, profiles,
messaging, groups, events and lots more
social networking features.
SocioTown
www.sociotown.com
A web-based 3D MMORPG with social
network, chat bubbles, customized
apartments, live music and shopping.
Sora City
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www.soracity.com
A virtual world for your mobile phone
complete with avatars, online friends,
chats, and blogs.
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www.spicyside.com
A virtual world promoting Slim Jim beef
jerky snacks which includes avatars,
activities, challenges, and games
Spider Riders
www.spiderriders.com
An online game with quests, interaction
and shopping
Spine World
www.spineworld.com
A virtual world for kids from the folks at
Playdo with avatars, friends chat,
exploration, stories and shopping—
formerly Playdo.com
SpongeBob SquarePants
Game
www.spongebob.com
A new virtual world with games, avatars
and social network components coming
soon
Spore
www.spore.com
A massively single-player game
allowing a player to control the
evolution of a species from its
beginnings through its development
to interstellar exploration
SportsBLOX
www.sportsblox.com
A virtual world for sports lovers with
avatars, over 20 sports bars dedicated to
just about every sport imaginable, chat
functions and social networking
features.
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http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com
An MMORPG based on Star Wars.
Stardoll
www.stardoll.com
A virtual world designed for girls ages 7
to 17 where they can design clothes for
their own avatar doll or for celebrity
dolls and meet friends from all over the
globe.
Stargate Worlds
www.stargateworlds.com
A game set in the universe of the longest
running TV series in American history.
Super Dress Up Girls
http://www.superdressupgirls.com/?s
pu=true&partner=ZJxdm684
An online social network sites
centered around fashion and clothes.
Super Secret
MMORPG
MMORPG
www.SuperSecret.com
A new online social world/game for
kids ready for more than Club
Penguin but too young for World of
Warcraft.
Taatu
www.taatu.com
A flash-based virtual world already
popular in Europe, with avatars, multimedia where members can enjoy chat
sessions using webcams
Tagged
www.tagged.com
Tagged.com is a social networking site
which included slides and YouTube as
part of its offerings. It allows members
to send messages, leave comments, post
bulletins, play games, chat and more.
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A virtual world with entire families of
avatar characters which can be selected
based on personality characteristics, the
there are games, gifts, friends and
there’s a new addition called Tama &
Earth Expo for travel to virtual pavilions
that showcase real world locations and
visit the ecology pavilion to learn how to
help save the planet.
Tech Deck Live
www.techdecklive.com
A virtual world based on a skate-board
theme with avatars, outfits, competitions
and friends
Teen Second Life
http://teen.secondlife.com
A virtual world version of Second Life
reserved for young people ages 13 to 17
with avatars, accessories, weapons,
armies, land, entertainment events and
educational opportunities. To be
eliminated December 31, 2010.
Teenville
www.Teenvilleworld.com
Online virtual world and social
network centered around shopping
and fashion.
Teleplace
COM
www.Teleplace.com
Teleplace's] technology helps
employees collaborate in virtual
meeting rooms.
Test Tube Aliens
www.testtubealiens.com
A virtual world and game aimed at
young sci-fi fans. Kids get to “hatch” an
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The Manor
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www.madwolfsw.com
A 2D virtual chat with a choice of
virtual worlds and identities
The Saddle Club
www.saddleclubtv.com
Based on The Saddle Club TV Series
and the characters and stories
featured in books written by Bonnie
Bryant, called “The Saddle Club this
active space has lots of interactive
activities.
The Secret World
www.darkdemonscrygaia.com
Online forum for the game Secret
World.
There
Game
www.there.com
A virtual world for teens 13 years old
and up with various virtual
environments to explore, avatars to
customize and accessorize, virtual
money, games, quests and contests.
The Sims Carnival
www.simscarnival.com
Creating cool games is no longer
limited to people with special
programming skill because now
anyone can create custom games no
matter what level of computer skills.
ThinkBalm
Other
www.thinkbalm.com
An online community dedicated to the
advancement of “immersive internet”
applications including virtual worlds and
immersive learning.
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From Poland comes a chat
site/software, where people can
create avatars, talk with friends,
participate in contests, create blogs
and shop
Toontown
www.toontown.com
This is the first MMORPG designed for
kids. Children have their own Toon
avatars and join forces to protect the
world from invaders. They can also
explore, furnish a home, and train a pet.
Toppstown
www.toppstown.com
A virtual world for baseball fans where
users can create their own avatars,
clubhouses and trade virtual collectibles
with a focus on collectible baseball
cards.
Tot Spot
www.totspot.com
Part online baby book, parent journal
and social network—a place for parents
to publish a page about their children
and share it with family and friends
TowerChat
www.towerchat.co.uk
Based in the U.K., this virtual world is a
2D chat with a 3D “feel” divided by
topics of interest not the least of which
is romance.
Toyota Metapolis
http://metapolis.toyota.co.jp/about/map.
html
A Japanese-language virtual world with
virtual cars, events and a Toyota
museum
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www.tracksters.com
A line of actual scale models of cars
including muscle cars, off road
vehicles and race cars which open
access to a 3D animated virtual web
site offering online racing and
customizing
Travian
Game
MMORPG
Game
MMORPG
www.travian.com
A browser-based online MMORPG with
challenges, virtual “gold” , avatars,
villages and other standard features of
games.
Treetures
www.treetures.com
A virtual world for kids with forest
theme where kids get to plant trees and
care for them
Trukz
www.trukz.com
An MMORPG and virtual world where
players buy a truck, create a driver, and
earn money by hauling loads from real
life cities around the world.
TRZZonline
www.trzzonline.com
An online virtual hip-hop world
where young players design
characters – clad in baggy clothes –
and try to build a hip-hop empire
with urban streets and nightclubs,
competitions, rap music and virtual
money to purchase everything from
cars to jewelry
Tumblr
www.tumblr.com
A social network micro-blogging
site.
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www.tweegee.com
Social network site for children and
tweens.
Twinity
www.twinity.com
A 3D blend of the real and virtual
worlds where residents have avatars,
homes, cities to live in and explore, and
money for shopping for furnishings and
accessories
Twitter
www.twitter.com
A social network micro-blogging
site.
Ty Girlz
www.tygirlz.com
A virtual world for girls including
fashion, chat, games, and shopping
which can be unlocked using a secret
code found on a real world Ty Girlz
doll.
Ultima Online
www.ultimaonline.com
An MMORPG played in a fantasy
setting. Players buy and build houses
and thwart attacks using an increasingly
more proficient set of skills.
Unity 3D
MMORPG
www.Unity3D.com
Game development tool.
UOneNet
www.uonenet.com
A virtual world from China
Urban Dead
Game
MMORPG
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www.urbandead.com
Adults
A free grid-based browser zombie
MMORPG game where 30000
zombies and survivors fight for
control of a ruined city
Urbaniacs
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www.urbaniacs.com
A virtual world where members can
create their own characters, play games
and do battle, interact with friends and
shop.
Utherverse
www.utherverse.com
This virtual world social network is for
adults only and features a ‘red light
center’ with avatars and virtual products
to buy with virtual money.
uWorld
http://www.uwo3d.com/c/index.html
A virtual world from China in which
residents can reinvent themselves and
live the life of their dreams
VastPark
www.vastpark.com
A free virtual worlds platform that lets
anyone create their own virtual world
and share it with others.
Vector City Racers
http://www.vectorcityracers.com/pages/
WelcomePageA casual multiplayer
online game targeted specifically to
boys and their affinity for cars,
racing and fun
Venue Gen
www.VenueGen.com
Providing on-demand 3D virtual
meetings.
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http://www.tpscongress.org/teachers/acti
vity.php?id=12
From the University of Indiana a virtual
world designed to let high school
students experience the workings of the
real Congress through MMORPG
activities like committee hearings,
writing amendments and meeting with
virtual constituents
Virtual eShopping
www.virtualeshopping.com
A virtual 3D shopping mall with social
network features for friends.
Virtual Family Kingdom
www.virtualfamilykingdom.com
A virtual world for kids and parents
that’s about fun, entertainment,
adventure and building friendships
Virtual Heroes
ED
www.virtualheroes.com
An advanced learning technology and
serious games company providing
collaborative interactive learning
solutions for the Federal government,
healthcare and commercial training
markets.
Virtual Ibiza
www.virtualibiza.com
Part virtual world, part social network
with a Mediterranean resort flavor this
world is about creating avatars, chatting,
clubbing and most of all dating.
Virtual Vancouver
www.virtual-vancouver.com
A chat world with a 3D environment
where you can go to a strip club, rent a
hotel room, meet friends, chat, visit a
museum or go to the movies.
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www.vizwoz.com
A virtual world for teens with games,
chat, a variety of themed worlds,
avatars, hover boards, and lots of film,
sports, movies and fashion.
Voki
www.voki.com
Voki is a free service that allows you
to create personalized speaking
avatars and use them on your blog,
profile, and in email messages.
Voodoo Chat
www.voodoochat.com
A 2D chat world with a variety of
themes and content including some
“adult” content
VPChat
www.vpchat.com
A 2D chat world with avatars, various
rooms, games and contests
VSide
www.vside.com
A virtual world designed for people over
the age of 13 where you can customize
an avatar, chat with friends, visit
amazing cities, dance and enjoy the
nightlife.
VZones
www.vzones.com
A virtual world with 2D environments,
customizable avatars and themed
environments
Web.Alive
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http://avayalive.com
Web Alive is a software service that
provides an enterprise network secured
platform for assisting e-commerce,
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learning and training applications and
collaboration.
Web3D
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www.web3D.org
The Web3D Consortium will support
a collaborative environment and
drive programs to develop and
advance an open standards, royalty
free 3D interchange format based on
XML, along with tools to represent
and communicate 3D scenes and
objects between diverse authoring
and presentation hardware and
software on the web, distributed
networks and mobile devices
WebbliWorld
www.webbliworld.com
A virtual world designed to mirror the
real world in which kids create an avatar
and participate in fun learning
experiences.
Wiz World Online
www.wizworldonline.com
The world’s first virtual world
dedicated for global English-asforeign-language (EFL) learners to
improve their spoken English in a
highly motivating environment.
Webkinz
www.webkinz.com
A virtual world for children which is
accessed through a code on a real world
Webkinz pet, and which then allows
children to play and care for their pets,
chat, play games and earn virtual cash.
Weblo
www.weblo.com
A virtual world in which residents can
own virtual representations of real world
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real estate, including countries, states,
cities and buy and sell them for profit.
Residents can also become virtual
celebrity publicists.
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www.Webosaurs.com
Webosaurs.com is a social gaming
platform for children ages 5-12
where 3D avatar customization, inworld exploration, chatting with
friends, virtual battles and actionpacked games are combined to create
the ultimate interactive experience.
WebWilds
Game
www.webwilds.com
The only online world about real
animals and real places, based on toys
where kids can explore, play games,
watch videos, read stories, connect to
fun learning content, use e-cards to share
pictures of their animal with friends.
WeeWorld
www.weeworld.com
A social network built for fun where
members can meet and interact with
WeeMees (cartoon avatars that look like
their owners), invite friends, send
messages, play games and create an
online cartoon page.
Wells Fargo Stagecoach
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www.wellsfargo.com/stagecoachisland
A virtual world created by Wells Fargo
bank in which members can explore,
make friends, customize avatars while
learning principles of smart money
management.
Weopia
Other
www.Weopia.com
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Westward Journey
http://corp.163.com/eng/games/westwar
d_journey.html
An MMORPG from China heavily
inspired by Chinese classical literature
and features prominent nudity and antireligious themes
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MMORPG
www.whirled.com
A web-based social world for chat,
games and player-created content
Why Robbie Rocks
www.whyrobbierocks.com
A virtual chat-world with avatars and
money which can be used to purchase
clothes and accessories and lots of
opportunities to go out and explore
Whyville
www.whyville.net
A virtual world dedicated to education
using games and role-playing. Members
can earn virtual money to start their own
businesses.
Live
The Travels of Wiglington and
Wenks Virtual World
www.wiglingtonandwenks.com
Massive online virtual world for
kids where players can travel to
places around the world, through
time and space, meet famous
historical people, play fun enriching
games, make new friends own exotic
islands, build culture-inspired
houses, wear all kinds of cool
clothing and costumes, explore secret
locations, solve ancient mysteries
and become a legendary traveler.
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www.winster.com
Internet game site for people who
play online games socially which
offers games designed to foster a
sense of community and promote
positive social interaction by
enabling players to help each other
win prizes.
Winx Club
www.winxclub.com
A virtual world from Italy tied in to a
fantasy TV show with games, dress
up, and lots of activities
Wirtland
www.wirtland.com
Claims to be the world's first
sovereign internet-based country
Wizard101
http://www.kingsisle.com/
Online game and 3D virtual world with
quests, seven schools of magic, pets to
adopt, puzzles and mini-games, and
accessories available for purchase.
Wolf Quest
www.wolfquest.org
WolfQuest is an immersive, 3D
wildlife simulation game that lets
players learn about wolf ecology by
living the life of a wild wolf in
Yellowstone National Park. Players
play alone or with up to four friends
in on-line multiplayer games. In
Episode 1: Amethyst Mountain
players explore the wilderness, hunt
elk, and encounter stranger wolves in
a quest to find a mate
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http://www.womensmurderclub.co.uk/
Based on the James Patterson book, this
site offers a virtual world, game and
social network for fans.
Woogiworld
www.woogiworld.com
A children’s social network with games
designed to offer educational games and
teach children Internet skills.
Wooz World
http://www.woozworld.com/
A virtual world from in which members
can assume a cartoon character’s
identity, play, chat, create their own
home and watch videos and movies.
Wowzie World
SN
www.Wowzieworld.com
A virtual theme park for children
aged 5-10 where players can interact
with friends and play games
World of Cars
www.worldofcars.com
Create, race and play in the World of
Cars Online, the new online game
from Disney & Pixar where you can
create your own race car and hang
out with loads of friends
World of Warcraft
www.worldofwarcraft.com
Currently the largest MMORPG
(massively multiplayer online game),
where avatars explore, fight monsters,
go on quests, build and interact with
others for which they are rewarded with
money and other things.
Worlds
MMORPG
www.worlds.com
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The pioneering platform in 3D virtual
communities which allows visitors to
interact with each other , create avatars,
personal spaces, communities and
teleport to other environments.
Wyndstorm
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www.wyndstorm.com
Wyndstorm provides software
enabling rapid delivery of customerconfigurable social media, live video
streaming, gaming, online
entertainment, content sharing, and
ecommerce web solutions.
X3Daemon World
www.x3daemon.com
A virtual environment structured like
a real life organization with offices.
This is a player owned economy
where worlds, scenes, and objects are
added and linked to others to create
an economy, build communications
and relationships.
Xanga
www.xanga.com
A social networking site used mostly by
teens in which members receive their
own web site made up of a weblog, a
photoblog, a videoblog, an audioblog, a
"Pulse" (mini-blog), and a social
networking profile and the option of
joining or creating their own blogrings
"groups".
XNA
PL
www.xna.com
Microsoft XNA is composed of
industry-leading software, services,
resources, and communities focused on
enabling game developers to be
successful on Microsoft gaming
platforms.
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www.yoohoofriends.com
YooHoo & Friends is a virtual world
based upon characters created by
Aurora World. The characters are
based upon real animals in their
natural habitat all over the world.
Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates
www.puzzlepirates.com
A virtual world based on the pirate
theme and filled with games and
puzzles. Players can explore and interact
with their avatar, accept challenges, own
property and buy, sell and trade virtual
goods.
Yoowalk
www.yoowalk.com
A browser-based virtual world which
lets you browse the web, connect with
friends, and design your own space in a
3D environment, create a personalized
avatar, and interact with other avatars in
real time.
Youville
www.Yoville.com
A social game available on Facebook
and MySpace.
Zapak Kids
www.zapakkids.com
A virtual game site for kids with games
and kid-specific community features
Zapak World
Game
Game
Other
www.zapak.com
Free online game portal.
Zed City
http://city.zed.com/
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A futuristic and idyllic virtual city in
a new online world to have fun ,
meet new people and dance
ZeDDD
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www.zeddd.com
A place to learn how to turn your own
website into a 3D site and social
network
Zefty
www.zefty.com
An online tool to allow you and your
child to better deal with the financial
workings of the modern world by
allowing children to set up virtual
bank accounts, write virtual checks,
and which allows parents to
determine the amount of allowance
based on age and family income.
ZibbieZone
www.zibbiezone.com
A virtual world for kids
zOMG
www.gaiaonline.com
A virtual online world where teens can
create their own avatars, play games,
participate in contests, create their own
virtual space and meet and make friends.
Zon
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http://enterzon.com/play/
Zon is a multiplayer virtual world
developed to teach Chinese language
and culture through activities and webbased games.
Zora
http://ase.tufts.edu/devtech/chb.html
A virtual world in which children can
create a virtual city, furnish virtual
homes, create avatars and post thoughts
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on community walls. Developed by
Tufts University this world is in use by
Children’s Hospital in Boston to help
young patients express their feelings.
Zulu World
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www.ZulaWorld.com
Developed in conjunction with IBM
for kids 5 and older and a spin-off of
the TV show The Zula Patrol.
Zwinky
www.zwinktopia.com
A virtual world and social community
with 29 unique locations and dozens of
games and activities with shops, chat,
games, events and virtual money
Zwinky Cuties
www.zwinkycuties.com
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A fun and fanciful online virtual
world where pre-teens can safely
create customized avatars, play
games, design their own room, and
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