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There There
URL: www.there.com
Company: There Inc., San Mateo, CA
Launch Date: Public Launch - October 27, 2003
Cost: Free basic lifetime membership. An upgrade to Premium membership is available for a one-time payment of $9.95.
Click here for system requirements

Windows Only Accessible to Windows users only

View the There Screen Shot Gallery
View official screen shots and video demos

Positioning itself as an "everyday getaway", There has several exotic virtual locales for visitors to explore, including a tropical island setting for virtual surfers, the goth island Tyr and a simulated Egypt complete with Sphinx and pyramids. Catering to ages 13 and up, There has "PG-13" standards and is a very social world, with chatting and making friends as the main focus. Members are encouraged to explore There with buggies and "hoverboards" that carry avatars safely and swiftly around virtual terrain.

All avatars are human and can be customized to have a wide variety of face and body shapes. A favorite activity of There members is the outfitting of their avatars with custom-made clothing items, which can be purchased with in-world currency called "Therebucks." Therebucks can be purchased with a credit card or earned by creating and selling original clothing designs, vehicles and other objects.

Buggy races, hoverboard races, in-world quests and avatar paintball are popular activities and, with the addition of neighborhoods, many Thereians are finding a patch of virtual land to call home.

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Links
"Self 2.0: Internet Users Put a Best Face Forward" by Yuki Noguchi, Washington Post, November 22, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/21/AR2005112101787.html

Press Release: Makena Technologies Acquires There from Forterra Systems - April 20, 2005
http://www.there.com/pr_acquisition.html

The Voice of There fansite
http://www.therevoice.com/

"Commerce Drives Virtual World" by Daniel Terdiman, Wired, Aug 8, 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,59941,00.html


Other Worlds
If you like this world, you might also like Dubit, Second Life or The Sims Online



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