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2. Virtual world - Wikipedia

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   A virtual world (also called a virtual space) is a computer-simulated environment [ 1] which may be populated by many simultaneous users who can create a personal avatar [ 2] and independently explore the virtual world, participate in its activities, and communicate with others. [ 3][ 4] These avatars can be textual, [ 5] graphical ...

3. Second Life - Wikipedia

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   Second Life is an online multimedia computing platform that allows people to create an avatar for themselves and then interact with other users and user-created content within a multi-user online virtual world. Developed and owned by the San Francisco –based firm Linden Lab and launched on June 23, 2003, it saw rapid growth for some years and ...

4. Virtual community - Wikipedia

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   Virtual community. A virtual community is a social work of individuals who connect through specific social media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals. Some of the most pervasive virtual communities are online communities operating under social networking services .

5. Metaverse - Wikipedia

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   Avatars socialising in the virtual world Second Life The metaverse is a loosely defined term referring to virtual worlds in which users represented by avatars interact, usually in 3D and focused on social and economic connection. The term metaverse originated in the 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash as a portmanteau of "meta" and "universe". In Snow Crash, the metaverse is envisioned as a ...

6. Worlds.com - Wikipedia

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   Worlds.com is a virtual world platform that offers users a selection of pre-existing 3D avatars to serve as their representation within the virtual environment. The gallery of avatars is presented from a first-person perspective. Upon selecting an avatar, the user is placed within the central hub of a virtual space station, where they can ...

7. Active Worlds - Wikipedia

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   Active Worlds. Active Worlds is an online virtual world, developed by ActiveWorlds Inc., a company based in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and launched on June 28, 1995. Users assign themselves a name, log into the Active Worlds universe, and explore 3D virtual worlds and environments that others have built. ActiveWorlds allows users to own worlds ...

8. Online community - Wikipedia

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   An online community, also called an internet community or web community, is a community whose members interact with each other primarily via the Internet. Members of the community usually share common interests. For many, online communities may feel like home, consisting of a "family of invisible friends". Additionally, these "friends" can be ...

9. There (virtual world) - Wikipedia

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   There. (virtual world) There is a 3D online virtual world created by Will Harvey and Jeffrey Ventrella. There Inc. was founded in the spring of 1998. Closed beta began in July 2001, with various stages of beta following, and ending with an October 2003 launch date. On March 9, 2010 - one week after the announcement of its closure on March 2 ...