Metaplace Launches Metachat on MySpace

Raph Koster said it best: "We’ve said all along that Metaplace is a platform for making all sorts of virtual worlds. I know a lot of you are waiting for games written in it – specifically an RPG, probably. But well, games are hard, and they take time." With that in mind, Areae has launched its chat application, Metachat, on MySpace. The simple application lets users chat, watch movies together, kick soccer balls, and throw snowballs, but it's also a sign of bigger things to come: "Over the next few weeks, you should expect to see more uses of Metaplace popping up here and there." And even now, the MySpace launch is only the start. Even though Metachat is running on the social network, it's working through the standard Metaplace client, using OpenSocial to pull MySpace users in to Metaplace. "The web-embeddable client comes with a Javascript container that lets you do stuff like that when you embed it on your own pages (eventually)," wrote Koster. Here's looking to "eventually." [via Metaplace]