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As one of the people who founded one of those projects in the ought's I can say a couple of things. There were only two in the early 2000s, SecondLife which rai
by BatFastard 9y ago
As one of the people who founded one of those projects in the ought's I can say a couple of things. There were only two in the early 2000s, SecondLife which raised 11 million in 2000, and my company Prototerra which raised 500k. SL came out to much fan-fair (amazing what a little PR will do for you). While we struggled to get any press. Eventually we did well being the tech behind a number of money making sites. Around 2005 there were quite a few new ones that raised a lot of money, none still exist. Neither does Prototerra, crash of 2008 killed business and the 3 guys working in the backroom had families by then, but it was fun!
- idibidiart 9y agoOnLive Traveler came much earlier My friend worked on it back in the 90s told me about it. It was licensed to MTV. Huge cult following. I found this: https://archive.org/details/vw_traveler-bill_gates https://archive.org/details/vw_traveler-bill_gates
- BatFastard 9y agoIndeed there was a number of previous generation virtual worlds using VRML. Lets say they left a lot to be desired.
- wildpeaks 9y agoThere were also all the blaxxun-based ones, such as Cybertown or the one from Canal+.