Use

From FAS Virtual Worlds Almanac

Virtual worlds have many different purposes, and they often overlap. Right now, we have identified five core uses of virtual worlds: education, gaming, community building, marketing and professional use.

	Use
A Tale in the Desert	Community Gaming
A World of My Own	Community Gaming
ALFY	Education
AWEDU	Education
Abyss Museum of Ocean Science	Education
Activeworlds	Education Community
AdventureQuest Worlds	Community Gaming
Agape World Fellowship	Education Community Gaming
Age of Conan	Community Gaming
Age of Reckoning	Gaming
Ai Sp@ce	Community
Alien Adoption Agency	Gaming
Barbie Girls	Community Marketing
Beanie Babies 2.0	Community Gaming
Bella Sara	Community Gaming Marketing
Biointeractive	Education
Blue Mars	Community Gaming
Build-a-Bearville	Community Gaming Marketing
Chaos Online	Gaming
Citypixel	Community
Club BK	Education Gaming
Club Penguin	Community Gaming
Creating Music	Education
Cybertown	Community
DDM collective in Second Life	Education
Digital perfection	Education Community Professional Marketing
Discovery Education Network in SL	Education
Dizzywood	Education
Dofus	Gaming
Dubit	Community Marketing
EVE Online	Community Gaming
Edusim	Education
Eeko World	Education Community
Entropia Universe	Community Gaming Marketing
Etopia Village	Education
EverQuest I	Community Gaming
EverQuest II	Community Gaming
Fantage	Gaming
Final Fantasy XI	Community Gaming
Flyff	Community Gaming
Fould Whispering, Strange Matters	Education
Free Realms	Community Gaming
Freggers	Community
GTown	Gaming
Gaia Online	Community Gaming
Genome Island	Education
Global Kids on the Main Grid	Education Community
Guild Wars	Community Gaming
Habbo Hotel	Community
Handipoints	Education
HealthInfo Island	Education
Hello Kitty Online	Community Gaming Marketing
HiPiHi	Community
IMVU	Community
IP	Community
ISTE Island	Education Professional
InfoIsland, Librarians in Second Life	Education
International Schools Island	Education
International Spaceport Museum	Education
Island of Svarga	Education
Ivory Tower of Prims	Education
Jo Jo Fit	Education Gaming
Jokaydia	Education
Kaneva	Community
Kids world	Community
Kidscom	Education Gaming
Kingsage	Gaming
Lineage II	Community Gaming
Literature Alive	Education
Lively	Community
Maple Story	Community Gaming
Matrix Online	Community Gaming
MeetMe	Community
Metaplace	Community Gaming
Millsberry	Gaming Marketing
MinyanLand	Education Gaming
Mokitown	Education Marketing
Moo Canada Eh?	Education
Moove	Community
Moshi Monsters	Gaming
MyMiniLife	Community
MyNOGGIN	Education Gaming Marketing
NOAA Island	Education
Neopets	Community Gaming
New Media Consortium Campus	Education
Nicktropolis	Gaming Marketing
OGame	Gaming
OSGrid	Education Community Professional Gaming
Ohio University Second Life Campus Learning Kiosks	Education Community
OpenLife	Education Community Professional Gaming
Pandanda	Gaming
Panfu	Education Gaming
Pixie Hollow	Community Marketing
Playdo	Community Gaming
PolyU Resort Island	Education
Poptropica	Gaming
Project Wonderland	Education Community Professional Gaming Marketing
Quest Atlantis	Education Gaming
RIDEMAKERZ Hybrid World	Community Gaming
Ragnarok Online	Community Gaming
Rainbow MOO	Education
Reactiongrid	Education Community Professional
Resilient Planet	Education Gaming
Rohan Online	Community Gaming
Runescape	Community Gaming
SchMOOze University	Education
Sciland Virtual Continent	Education
Second Life	Education Community Professional
Second earth	Education
Shores of Hazeron	Community Gaming
Silk Road Online	Community Gaming
Slenz Project	Education
Sloodle project	Education
Smartycard	Education Gaming
Sociolotron	Community
Sociotown	Community
Spineworld	Gaming
SportsBLOX	Community
Star Trek Online	Community Gaming
Tapped In	Education
Terra Incognita	Education
The Imaging Place	Education
The Lord of the Rings Online	Community Gaming
The Manor	Community
The Palace	Community
The Saga of Ryzom	Community Gaming
The exploratorium	Education
There	Community Professional Gaming
Timeline of Earth	Education
Toontown	Gaming Marketing
Tower Chat	Community
UC Davis Virtual Hallucination Facility	Education Professional
VPChat	Community Gaming
VSide	Community
Virtual Alamo	Education
Virtual Family Kingdom	Community
Virtual Milano	Education Community Gaming Marketing
Virtual Morocco	Education
Vizwoz	Community
Voodoo Chat	Community
Webkinz	Education Community Marketing
Weblo	Community Marketing
WeeWorld	Community
Whyville	Education
Wirtland	Community
World of Warcraft	Community Gaming
Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates	Gaming
Zookazoo	Gaming
Zwinktopia	Community