I'm helping advise the Virtual Worlds Museum update this list of live virtual worlds to include in its programs, track in its database, and add to a timeline of virtual world history featuring nearly 100 virtual worlds over the decades.
We're tracking well over 30 live virtual worlds now, all of which fit these three basic criterion:
- Immersive virtual worlds with avatars that are not primarily games/MMOs.
- Enables users to build their own world/space and invite friends into it.
- Currently online, out of closed beta, with over 100 active users.
Here's what we're tracking now, with links to smaller/newer/lesser known platforms, arranged in alphabetical order:
Decentraland
Horizon Worlds (Meta)
IMVU
Minecraft
OpenSim
Rec Room
Roblox
Sandbox
Sansar
Second Life
Sinespace
VRChat
Voxels (formerly Cryptovoxels)
Upland
Zepeto
I'm very sure we're missing some (many?), especially edge cases. (Should we include Fortnite Islands?) If there's any you know about which aren't here but fit our criterion, please post details in Comments. Or if you're on GitHub, you can post updates here.
Even better, we're looking for volunteers to help us build out the Museum's virtual world wiki. Reach out directly: Here's the contact page.
Demonstrative, how realistic our personalities in SL can be done, despite others.
Posted by: Ken Jackman | Friday, August 02, 2024 at 04:34 PM
Club Cooee - joined in 2008.
Posted by: Tinsel Silvera | Saturday, August 03, 2024 at 04:19 AM
Happy to contribute and this is for free - try having a website (remember those) that works as the link never has.
The Future is full of Fail :)
Posted by: sirhc desantis | Saturday, August 03, 2024 at 08:43 AM
Blue Mars (~2010) - I still have some screenshots from it here: https://www.techkind.org/Lex4art/ plus a bugreport video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_JEvHOTF-4
Cloud Party(~2012) - haven't saved anything (it was very simple visually, just a browser based 3D project). But something can be found in the depths of internets XD
Posted by: Lex4art | Saturday, August 03, 2024 at 12:36 PM
>>Currently online, out of closed beta, with over 100 active users.
Ah, didn't read conditions - pls delete previous post XD
Posted by: Lex4art | Saturday, August 03, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Lex, those are still good worlds to remember, thanks! The Museum has a Sunset section for those.
Club Cooee > good one, thanks Tinsel!
Posted by: Wagner James Au | Monday, August 05, 2024 at 01:07 PM
Noted, thanks.
Posted by: Lex4art | Thursday, August 08, 2024 at 08:57 PM