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There is a 3-D online virtual world created by Will Harvey and Jeffrey Ventrella. There Inc. was founded in the spring of 1998. Closed beta began in July of 2001, with various stages of beta following and ending with an October 2003 launch date. In June of 2004, There Inc. went through a major restructuring and announced major layoffs. In April of 2005, There Inc. announced that the commercial side of the company would be branching out to form two companies Forterra Systems (the government contracted client), and Makena Technologies (the commercial client). In 2007, Makena Technologies announced a partnership with MTV Networks to create another client for the MTV reality show [1] Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. There contains 12 major islands and numerous smaller islands, 500,000 members and many community places including businesses. There is another competitor against Second Life, Moove, Active Worlds, and more virtual worlds that exist on the web. Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer), and commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of proprietary graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995. ... The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a general-purpose markup language. ... A computer keyboard is a peripheral partially modeled after the typewriter keyboard. ... Feral mouse A mouse (plural mice) is a rodent that belongs to one of numerous species of small mammals. ... Desert style landscape early morning rendered in terragen 3-D or 3D abbreviates three-dimensional and is often related to a stereoscopic display that exploits binocular vision. ... A virtual world is a computer-based simulated environment intended for its users to inhabit and interact via avatars. ... Creators of There. ... Second Life (abbreviated as SL) is an Internet-based virtual world which came to international attention via mainstream news media in late 2006 and early 2007. ... moove is a privately held company based in Köln, Germany, with a branch in Los Angeles. ... Active Worlds (AW) is a 3D virtual reality platform. ... A virtual world is a computer-based simulated environment intended for its users to inhabit and interact via avatars. ...

Membership Types

Basic Membership:

• Free
• Text chat, IM, and Buddy List features
• Customizable avatar
• Ability to shop in auctions and the There catalog
• Listen to streamed radio
• The ability to join 20 groups

Premium Membership:

• One time $9.95 fee
• All the features of basic membership
• Voice chat
• Explorer Pack
• List items in the auctions
• Ability to join 30 more groups and create own, host events, post in the forums and own your own neighborhood

Source

In-World Money:

• With either membership, users can purchase Therebucks (Tbuxs), the currency used in There, for the price of 1800 Therebucks for each US dollar.

Details

There is not a game, but a venue for socializing with less role-playing than is typically found in MMORPGs. Billed on its homepage as "...an online getaway where you can hang out with your friends and meet new ones...", There defines itself as a service providing a shared experience that allows people to interact in an online society. Tug of war is an easily organized, impromptu game that requires little equipment. ... A Venue is the location of an event, usually a meeting. ... In role-playing, participants adopt characters, or parts, that have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. ... World of Warcraft, a popular MMORPG A Massively Multiplayer Online Game (also called MMOG or MMO) is a computer game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. ... Look up home page in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Online means being connected to the Internet or another similar electronic network, like a bulletin board system. ... Young people interacting within an ethnically diverse society. ...

Each new member enters the community by choosing a unique name and a male or female avatar. The avatar's name and gender are permanently set, but various attributes such as hair color and style, head and body shapes, skin and eye color, clothing, etc. can be changed as desired. A community usually refers to a sociological group in a large place or collections of plant or animal organisms sharing an environment. ... Example of an avatar as used on internet forums. ...

Most items such as furniture are designed to be used within houses or zones, although some items such as vehicles and dogs are not due to their mobile nature. Monetary transactions in There's economy are done using Therebucks, virtual currency with real world value. Therebucks can be purchased directly from There, from other members, or from any of the third party online "banks" which usually offer competitive exchange rates. Members can also sell their Therebucks to banks in exchange for real world currency, usually USD. ThereBucks is the currency of There, a MMOG. Currently they are sold by There, Inc. ... The virtual is a concept applied in many fields with somewhat differing connotations, and also denotations. ... The term Real World or real world may mean: the stage of life that one enters after completing ones schooling, as in the sentence, After students enter the real world, they may not be able to sleep late as often as they did while in school. ... “Banker” redirects here. ... Competition is the act of striving against another force for the purpose of achieving dominance or attaining a reward or goal, or out of a biological imperative such as survival. ... The term Real World or real world may mean: the stage of life that one enters after completing ones schooling, as in the sentence, After students enter the real world, they may not be able to sleep late as often as they did while in school. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

Screenshots

Activities include hoverboarding, with the ability to perform stunts such as dropping down from space Image File history File links There_Screenshot02. ...	A wide pan over a seaside thatched-roof village Image File history File links Download high resolution version (4298x556, 355 KB)Exotic scenery is one that helps make up the charm of There. ...	Members can join and create interest groups Image File history File links Size of this preview: 765 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (806 × 632 pixel, file size: 250 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)This is a screenshot that I took in There. ...	There contains many landmarks, including the There Games Colliseum Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
There contains many landmarks, including a replica of New Orleans Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...	Aerial view of a member-owned land parcel Image File history File links Size of this preview: 765 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (806 × 632 pixel, file size: 273 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)This is a screenshot that I took in There. ...	Avatars can display over 100 emotes Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 486 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (836 × 1031 pixel, file size: 595 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) There. ...	Avatars can perform a wide variety of dance moves Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 319 pixel Image in higher resolution (1104 × 440 pixel, file size: 362 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) There. ...
Avatars can display a wide variety of pop-out emotes Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 393 pixel Image in higher resolution (860 × 423 pixel, file size: 310 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) There. ...	Zona Island, a place where new members first log in Image File history File links Size of this preview: 765 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (806 × 632 pixel, file size: 270 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) from there. ...	A member made vehicle. As an avatar users can paint and build a variety of items. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...	The Old Waterin' Hole: a place where users can sit and chat while in a social club/bar-like environment. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

External links

Official sites

• There.com
• ThereCare - Official announcements and help site
• Press release on There's website: Makena Technologies Acquires There from Forterra Systems
• Official Forums

Maps

• GoThere Maps - interactive maps, PAZs, Places, GPS

Online There newspapers

• Life in There - news site
• The Voice of There - news site
• The Tiki Tattler - news site

Other on-line worlds using the There engine

• There Philippines - Duplicate of There limited to Philippine users.
• Virtual Laguna Beach - contracted with MTV's show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County

Other

• Google Search on Makena Technologies
• Thumdar In There - There downloads and entertainment and designer link
• So There - forum
• All-There.com - links
• "Just Crazy Talk" Show - Talk Radio
• Hemp Beach on There.com Official Website

There videos

• There Movies Site
• Miracle Pictures