Virtual Worlds

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fabio f. wrote on Aug 22, 2008 12:03:59 PM

Do you know the Sacro Monte di Varallo? 1507 B.C. [it.wikipedia.org]

Carlo V. wrote on Aug 21, 2008 2:36:11 PM

Bella la sinossi ... nel 1960 metterei la nascita del progetto Xanadu di Ted Nelson!

Eleonora P. wrote on Aug 21, 2008 1:46:38 AM

fantastica!

Joyce B. wrote on Aug 6, 2008 4:27 PM

Gary Hazlitt create a neat video spotlighting many current virtual world spaces: [www.youtube.com]

Prokofy N. wrote on Jul 29, 2008 1:06:53 AM

Of course Tolkien belongs in here, as does then G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams.

Joyce B. wrote on Jul 17, 2008 4:11:12 PM

Created a Second Life only timeline. Feel free to add to it, right now it is pulling in SL press releases but would like more general milestones and cultural history events added. Check it out here: [www.dipity.com]

Annie O. wrote on Jul 14, 2008 8:55:52 PM

pic of annabeth editing the Timeline of Virtual Worlds inside a Virtual World: [www.flickr.com]

evonne ~. wrote on Jul 9, 2008 5:22:05 PM

Was glad to see Tron here, I remember my uncle building computers for them years before it came out, back when no one knew how to build computers that could handle graphics and processes like their team used. It's amazing how far we have come in 25 years.

Brian R. wrote on Jul 9, 2008 4:37:04 PM

It is also important as it directly spurred a VW - Lord of the Rings onLine from Turbine, which we need to add along with the other Turbine titles D&D online and Asheron's Call

Brian R. wrote on Jul 9, 2008 4:31:17 PM

It sparked D&D and fantasy based MMO's, it literally made fantasy main stream thus giving all these worlds the option to breath life.

Jeroen F. wrote on Jul 9, 2008 4:29:35 PM

I don't agree with the Hobbit novel being in this timeline. It doesn't deal with virtual worlds, a virtual world is partly based on it. But that doesn't mean the hobbit it self should be in this time line.

Brian R. wrote on Jul 9, 2008 3:20:30 PM

Also if you are going to add D&D as it should, then I think adding the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings makes Sense. [en.wikipedia.org]

Brian R. wrote on Jul 9, 2008 3:18:09 PM

There was a ground breaking MMO called Shadowbane that went into beta in Feb 2001. Was the hands down greatest kingdom building MMO with a pvp focus. [www.gamershell.com]

BK G. wrote on Jul 9, 2008 7:43:04 AM

Way to get in early google, you're #1(hundred and three)!

Benjamin G. wrote on Jul 9, 2008 7:32:31 AM

Wow, great timeline!

Derek L. wrote on Jul 8, 2008 6:14:05 PM

Thanks for sharing this with everyone Bruce. Please feel free contribute to this open collaborative community project as you wish. :)

Bruce D. wrote on Jul 8, 2008 3:04:13 PM

A team of us including several universities, Stanford and 45 individual contributors have started a project called the Virtual Worlds Timeline, see [www.vwtimeline.org] We hope to be able to work our archive projects into innovative graphical timelines like this!

Grace M. wrote on Jul 7, 2008 3:40:09 PM

This is a good resource for MUDs from Raph Koster [www.raphkoster.com]

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