Virtual Reality Communities - Habbo, Second Life, Gaia Online, Adobe Atmosphere, Diversity University, Poptropica, Pet Society, Entropia Universe, a (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 84. Chapters: Habbo, Second Life, Gaia Online, Adobe Atmosphere, Diversity University, Poptropica, Pet Society, Entropia Universe, Active Worlds, Open Cobalt, Smeet, Imagination Age, Webkinz, ERepublik, Twinity, Whyville, Ty Girlz, Beanie Baby, Farm Town, Ai Sp@ce, Croquet Project, There, Scratch, Onverse, IMVU, Emerging Virtual Institutions, CyberTown, Red Light Center, Stardoll, WeeWorld, MicroMUSE, ViOS, Dizzywood, SL Shakespeare Company, Next island, OZ Virtual, (Lil) Green Patch, Metaversum GmbH, Google Lively, Dotsoul, EGO Game, Kidscom.com, Rise: The Vieneo Province, Ourworld, MyCoke, Solipsis, OurWorld , Metaplace, Panfu, HiPiHi, Kaneva, Music Mogul, Dreamscape, Coolroom, ParaEngine, Kid Brands, Forterra Systems, Blaxxun, Cityspace, Hyperlinks in virtual worlds, Cybernet Worlds, Jewel of Indra, WorldsPlayer, Mini Friday, Meet Me, Second Lives: A Journey Through Virtual Worlds, OSMP, Contact consortium. Excerpt: Second Life is an online virtual world developed by Linden Lab. It was launched on June 23, 2003. A number of free client programs, or Viewers, enable Second Life users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars. Residents can explore the world (known as the grid), meet other residents, socialize, participate in individual and group activities, and create and trade virtual property and services with one another. Second Life is intended for people aged 16 and over, and as of 2011 has about one million active users. Built into the software is a three-dimensional modeling tool based around simple geometric shapes that allows residents to build virtual objects. There is also a procedural scripting language, Linden Scripting Language, which can be used to add interactivity to objects. More complex three-dimensional sculpted prims (colloquially known as sculpties), textures for clothing or other...