A World of My Own
www.awomo.com
3D world dedicated to games and games players
Active Worlds
www.activeworlds.com
3D worlds you can build or visit and chat in worlds built by other users
Adellion
www.adellion.com
A MMORPG set on the fantasy virtual world of Adellion
Adventure Quest
www.adventurequest.com
A Flash-animated RPG (role-playing game)
Agape World Fellowship
www.agapeworldfellowship.org
3D virtual reality Christian fellowship community
Areae
3D virtual world in the works
CC Metro
www.mycoke.com
CC Metro is an online game developed by the creators of the online world There and is sponsored by Coca Cola. It can be reached through MyCoke.com
Chipuya Town
www.chipuya-town.com
A Japanese virtual world which allows members to create avatars, invite friends, play games, earn money, go shopping and enjoy their world through any Flash-enabled cell phone.
Club Marian
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.
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”.
Citypixel
www.citypixel.com
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 network.
Dreamville
www.dreamville.e-games.com.ph
A Malaysia-based MMORPG virtual social network complete with a theme park, rooms that can be personalized, land and money.
Entropia Universe
www.entropiauniverse.com
A virtual universe MMORPG with an in-game cash currency that players can convert to real money, avatars, and activities that includes players from all over the globe.
Faketown
www.faketown.com
A virtual world with avatars and social networking elements where members can buy, sell and trade real estate and virtual products with friends from around the world.
Flowplay
www.flowplay.com
A virtual community built around personalized avatars that can then play browser-based games and earn virtual products.
Football Superstars
www.footballsuperstars.com
Virtual world/game where players can create a football personality, experience training and play the game. There are also bars and clubs to visit and lots of virtual products to purchase.
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
GoPets
www.gopetslive.com
A 3D site that allows users to create a virtual pet.
HiPiHi
www.hipihi.com
A virtual world from China in which residents can explore, trade and create virtual products.
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.
Kinset
www.kinset.com
If you love shopping, you’ll love this virtual 3D shopping experience.
Maplestory
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.
Meez
www.meez.com
A website that allows you to create your own 3D avatar, personalize, animate and export it to other virtual worlds or social networks.
MiniFriday
www.minifriday.com
A virtual world designed for use with mobile phones that offers chat, a bar and club.
Moove Online
www.moove.com
A virtual 3D world where the emphasis is on romance and in which members create avatars, choose clothing and furnish their own space.
MTV’s Virtual World
www.vmtv.com
A virtual world where avatars live the MTV lifestyle, meet friends, party and shop.
MyMiniLife
www.myminilife.com
A combination virtual world and social network with avatars, virtual products, and homes you can customize and decorate.
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.
New Belgium Brewing
www.newbelgium.com
An online virtual world that takes visitors on an interactive tour of the brewery.
Novoking
www.novoking.com
A virtual world from China for people to dress their avatars, furnish their apartments, shop, explore and start and own their own business or career.
Papermint
www.papermint.com
A German-language virtual chat world
Roliana
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.
RipLounge
www.riplounge.com
Adults
Part social network and part virtual world members can live like a movie star, create personal avatars, chat with friends via text, video and VoIP, listen to music.
S! Town
http://mb.softbank.jp/
Available only in Japanese this is a virtual world that can be downloaded to a mobile phone and comes complete with avatars, treasure hunts, chat, special rooms and virtual shopping.
Second Life
www.secondlife.com
A 3D virtual world built by residents with avatars, activities, commerce and entertainment.
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.
The Manor
www.madwolfsw.com
A 2D virtual chat with a choice of virtual worlds and identities
Traveler
www.digitalspace.com/traveler
A 3D avatar world with real-time voice chat
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
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.
vLes
www.vles.com
A virtual world based on New York’s lower east side heavily music focused. Members can create avatars, chat with friends, listen to or create music and hang out in clubs.
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.
Vivaty
www.vivaty.com
A way to bring 3D virtual worlds to your favorite social network with chat rooms, avatars, and custom environments
VPChat
www.vpchat.com
A 2D chat world with avatars, various rooms, games and contests.
VZones
www.vzones.com
A virtual world with 2D environments, customizable avatars and themed environments.
Voodoo Chat
www.voodoochat.com
A 2D chat world with a variety of themes and content including some “adult” content.
Weblin
www.weblin.com
Part virtual world and part social network elements, Weblin allows you and your friends to make avatars that can be seen on regular web pages you visit. If you both have a Weblin, you can chat right on any web page.
Weblo
www.weblo.com
A virtual world where residents can own virtual representations of real world real estate, including countries, states, cities and buy and sell them for profit. Residents can also become virtual celebrity publicists.
Wells Fargo Stagecoach Island
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.
Worlds
www.worlds.com
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.
Zonwww.zondev.educ.msu.edu/WebFront
Zon is a multiplayer virtual world developed to teach Chinese language and culture through activities and web-based games.