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- philovivero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8There is a virtual world. It isn't really a game, per se. Mainly it's just a place you go to chat with other avvies and have some fun with them. The main point of it is meeting other people and doing things with them.
It has the distinction of being (one of? the only?) a single large virtual world. There is no idea of logging into one server if you want to chat with these people, or another server if you want to chat with those. You just login to the world, look them up to see if they're online, have them teleport you to them, then stand around doing chatroom-like stuff with your avatar.
Sometimes the members of this service do something a little off-kilter and fun. Sometimes it all works out, sometimes it backfires. In this case, apparently their little prank caused bad server load and the accounts had to be shut down. On top of all that, it started causing bizarre speculation about Yahoo! purchases of There. This speculation, it would appear, is false. - richpav, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Despite not being able to blast other players to bloody bits or have sex with them, There.com is actually quite fun. I did a video podcast in There about a month ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YUGuKNYBnY
- cheez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4there's always speculation that Yahoo! is buying something.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I like your favorite thing to do.. haha. There looks pretty cool, wonder why I never heard of it. The most similar thing i heard of was World's Blair Witch 3d thingy a few years ago. I just checked, looks like they havn't updated it since then.
I can totally see in the future, when all of our resources are depleted, we spend all day in virtual worlds, where we can work and buy virtual stuff. Those gold farmers might be on to something. - Skylander74, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just a few tidbits about there. This whole Yahoo test avatar was never a publicity stunt by there, was just a prank played off of Yahoo's promotion of There.
There's basic account is free for a lifetime and their premium account is a one time fee of $9.95 USD. There aren't any catches in this.
There requires IE to run the program but they've recently made their website and forums Firefox compatible. If anyone is able to run the program in Linux , they would love to hear how you did it.
There isn't for everyone, if you love to explore a virtual world that's almost the size of the Earth , chat and play games that don't involve gore and dismemberment. Then this world is for you. But if you crave nothing but the blood, guts and gore type violent games. Then this world probably isn't for you.
Being that the basic account is free and you have IE, give it a try and explore it a little. If you don't like it , uninstall it and call it a day.
I hope some of this info was at least helpful. - nextsteposx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4www.there.com has been going no where since 2003. I was a Beta tester, it is boring a dullest game chat i have ever seen.
They need to change the dynamics and create REAL WORLD SIMULATION. I dont know maybe with disasters, cities, major, chefs, policemen, wars, cars, etc.
Like the SIMS or something but even more REAL like.
I predicted there death two years ago, now there is free to get people to join, and I still think they will die soon... unfortunately, it could have been great. - Petrarch1603, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This virtual world reminds me of the cyber world described in "Snow Crash"
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3So will they be going after NotThereButHere.com?
- yensed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's ok. I played it back in the TechTV days when the Screen Savers crew would play it often.. But it gets boring.. To do alot of things in the game, you need to pay Real money, to buy "There Money"..
- BansheeKate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There is no "Black Market" trade in tbucks. We are allowed to buy & sell them freely, and it stimulates the economy. It is real money because of that. And there is no "luck" in making enough tbucks to fund your playing. It is skill in graphics. I was never professionally trained in computer graphics, but had an art background. With my designing, I make enough t's to fund my There activities, give to some There charities, and pay a couple of bills almost every month. And I enjoy the heck out of it.
There, and any worlds like it that may come along, are the future. The future of people from all over the world to socialize, educate each other, & support each other. The service, (not game), is invaluable for disabled people who cannot leave home often. They have a life with There, and many friends.
New content is added mainly by member developers, & sometimes by There. They are too busy right now repairing & upgrading from the past, as the company has changed hands a couple of times, & some technology is outdated, admittedly.
This place is what the members make it. It's not new service packs delivered monthly. It's human beings creating something new and useful, as they go along.
The UOT, or University of There is a very special project, and is, I believe, the first of many online interactive educational projects. As your avatar, and using the voice chat feature, you can come into world, and teach a class, or be in a class, in a very real classroom experience. This world is the future. It will only get better. - GreenAlien, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Quick follow up to my own post. I received an email from There.com clarifying that the 9.95 fee is a one off payment. On that note I think I'll check it out. Represents much better value than worlds.com which charge a recurring fee.
- Alkali, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"It has the distinction of being (one of? the only?) a single large virtual world"
There is also http://secondlife.com/. By your distinction, "single large virtual world" I don't think Active Worlds counts . . . - richpav, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yes, it'll get boring if you don't make friends. I think their business model is quite fair to users. A basic account is free, you get a hoverboard for free, and that's enough to do a lot in world. If you want to change clothes, buy other vehicles, rent property, buy house/houseboat/castle, etc, you need to purchase therebucks. But, you can acquire quite a bit for free or at a discount. As you play you gain experience and you're awarded free stuff. There's a site www.tbux.com where in-world designers sell Therebucks at a "black market" exchange rate via PayPal. There are places where you can borrow other people's vehicles when they're not using them. And people sell used items at reduced prices in the auctions.
- Joel1120, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There is amazing and quite an experience to be had. The world of There is always evolving and changing, plus the community is great. The people are friendly and there are lots of activities in-world. There allows you to do anything you can't in the real world, plus a whole lot more. There has potential, and lots of it. I think it may be the most advanced virtual world i've seen. The things in There are amazing and naturally I am drawn to There because I am a very creative and social person. Plus I love to dream, which comes in handy sometimes in There.
- mforiero, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1Now There.com is becoming a great community!!!! there is an amazing machinima scene and other artists which create stuffs as in Second Life and other virtual worlds, have a look here:
http://www.koinup.com/in-there/on-pictures/ - geodanny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In case you're wondering and are too lazy to search for it, the Yahoo! promotion with There.com is at: http://promo.yahoo.com/there/
- PommieZ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Totally agree with nextsteposx. I have a lifetime There account, from being one of the betatesters, and even years before they made it (apparently) free for everyone to use I stopped using it because it was boring as hell. It became too expensive for what ultimately was a glorified chat client where they hamstrung everything unless you paid.
SecondLife is better in that you can create stuff, but have no permanence unless you pay... and if you have creative talent, possibly bankrole your existance there based upon sheer talent alone. Good luck trying that in There. - FRAGaLOT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A lot of us knew that the Yahoo-newbie was created from a link from a yahoo advertisement of there.com.. we think it's a banner ad from Yahoo Games rooms.. A lot of people know the URL link to this and have created multiple accounts to get free copies of the Yahoo hoverboards, and tshirts. But no one is willing to share the URL! LOL
- tablatronix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There was no speculation. Just some pesonal deceit attempts.
- olioli, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Some do experience boredom in There and leave. Some are totally fascinated by it and stay. Some are in between.
It’s basically an online world geared more towards social interactions and within that framework some games exist. But it’s main focus is not that of a gaming environment but more a service offering a social network with an online community.
Someone above suggested creating more of a real world simulation and maybe having disasters, cities, police, wars….. I wouldn’t want to see that happen to There. We have enough of that to deal with in “real life”. Someone wants to create that type of virtual world somewhere else, go for it. But I believe there’s a place online for virtual worlds like There.com, that don’t include those type of life challenges we may have to deal with in our personal lives (the wars, disasters, etc.).
I’ve heard members comment that one of the draws of There for them…. is that it feels like a getaway, or vacation of sorts. A place where you can go and just relax and have some fun and make new friends. True, that’s not for everybody. But I’m really glad it exists for the people that enjoy that type of online experience.
The one thing that I have noticed the biggest impact to my life from being involved in There.com for 3 years as a member is how it unknowingly and without expectation has become a tool of transformation for me. I have grown so much from being involved in that online world and that community, something I never thought could be possible dealing with a virtual world and people I don’t know in “real life”. But it has happened and I believe it did because of the close ties that people feel towards one another and the idea that they are functioning within a “community” within a virtual world, and how that impacts the way they relate to each other in that world that makes the experience of transformation possible. I’ve heard others comment on how There has changed their life too. I think that’s pretty awesome.
There was something magical about There.com that first night I entered it and I still feel it to this day, three years later. Yes, some people come to check it out and get bored, others fall in love with it and stay. Everyone has their personal preference on what type of online experience they are comfortable with. I just appreciate There.com for what it is, as it is, and wanted to share that. - ldhotsoup, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There is pretty cool for its niche. It's not a game, it's just something to do. Though, the hoverboards are pretty sweet. No Tony Hawk, but they have some style. Now that they're finally developing more content for it, who knows.
There might not be the best, but it does some things that other online experiences have yet to duplicate (like, when you use voice chat, your avatar's mouth syncs up pretty well with your speech, and the seamless loading world is pretty awesome, especially from space). But hopefully elements of There will be heralded in the next generation of online worlds. - FRAGaLOT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yahoo is doing some sort of promotional thing with There.com. Specials outfits and hover boards bearing the Yahoo name and logo. So they are sponsoring them in some way. Wow I'm surprised none of my There friends dugg this story.
- foxhoundadmin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2where.com?
- tokyoice, on 04/04/2009, -0/+0Not really a There fan.. but I loved reaind this blog
- GreenAlien, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I used worlds.com a few years ago, and that's another example of a 3d chat program that was cool to begin with, but I eventually got fed up of it bogging down my system (The java applet always ran at 100%) and staying the same for years. The developers must of done the system, then either gone to sleep or moved on to other projects. Anyhow, this There chat prog looks a little better than worlds (based on the video clip in this thread) but what is offputting right from the outset is 1) their site doesnt even work in Firefox! 2) they dont mention how long the $9.95 membership lasts. Is it weekly, monthly, yearly, one off, what the heck is it? I hate it when companies cover things up like that. I'm sure they bury it in the FAQ or whatever, but how about mentioning it on the "Upgrade Now" page, or the payment page? If I dont know how much it is to upgrade, then I can't be bothered to check out their freeby offering (I might like the free version, then find they sting you on the paid version).
Like nextsteposx says, I wish they'd spice these 3d worlds up a bit. Really throw in some real-life analogies like small 3d games, pubs with little 3d games machines etc etc. This is what got boring with worlds.com so I suspect it's the same with others too.
Pitty Yahoo dont take it and run with it. With that kind of money something like this might become interesting again... - Leoniceno, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Active Worlds was cool, it was more building oriented, but now they charge too much. Oh well.
- neozeed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1there was fun for a while, but was lacking in stuff to do.. the boards & buggies got old. The sad thing is that there shouldnt be boring, its an entire freaking planet! I guess they just stopped developing the end client and servers, and just froze the thing.
just sad, there had so much potential. - DougPenn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1They thought it was "their" but then someone corrected Yahoo on it...
- zyopski, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2This smells of a marketing plant... No digg.
- deesnutz, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1I agree with zyopski. No digg. What is this? For net companies to get in the headlines they come up with rumors of being purchased buy Google or Yahoo. Oh, btw, my friend tells me that Yahoogle is thinking about buying his ultra cheesy website ... http://www.FunnyJawBone.com.
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Give me a break! No shame. - EvanK, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1I heard Google was buying There. :D
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2Frontpage babeee!!
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