A Look at 30 Virtual Worlds Platform Providers

How do the top 30 virtual world platform providers stack up? Next month's Virtual Worlds Conference does not just focus on one or two platforms but provides attendees with the broadest and deepest understanding possible of the virtual worlds space. For the first time ever, the conference brings all the major providers together in one location. What are their strategies? How do they compare?  The 30 Virtual World platform companies participating at Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo are:

Company	Platform Name
Animax Entertainment	TyGirls.com
Areae, Inc.	To Be Announced
Conduit Labs	To Be Announced
Disney Online	Club Penguin, Virtual Magic Kingdom and others
Doppelganger	vSide
Forterra Systems	OLIVE platform
GAIA Interactive Inc	Gaia Online
GoPets Ltd.	GoPets
HiPiHi Co., Ltd	HiPiHi
IAC/InterActiveCorp	Zwinktopia
Icarus Studios	Icarus Platform
Ironstar Helsinki	MoiPal mobile platform
Kaneva	Kaneva Platfrom
Linden Lab	Second Life
Makena Technologies	There.com
Microsoft	Microsoft Virtual Earth
Microsoft	Entertainment Effort To Be Announced
MindArk	Entropia Universe
MTV / Nickelodeon	more than 8 virtual worlds and growing
Multiverse Network	Multiverse platform
Numedeon Inc	Whyville.net
ProtonMedia	ProtoSphere
Qwaq	Qwag Forums
Stardoll	Stardoll Platform
Sulake Corp. Ltd.	Habbo
Sun Microsystems	Project Darkstar
Three Rings	Whirled
Transmutable	Ogoglio
Unisfair	Unisfair Virtual Event
View 22	Immersiv Platform
VT&T	To Be Announced

Comments

[Trevor F. Smith]

Open platforms unite! Let's hand out liveCDs with Darkstar, OpenSim, Croquet, and Ogoglio so that attendees can go home with a bootable plethora of online spaces.

[Bruce Joy]

Oops, you forgot VastPark! And we're attending. See you there.

cheers,
Bruce Joy
CEO
VastPark.com