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There is a 3D 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.

Corporate history
Competitors
Beta Stages

Beta I
Beta II
Beta III

Details

Popular Locations in There
Island Names
Size
Screenshots

See also
External links

Corporate history

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 Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.

Competitors

There competes with Second Life, Moove, Active Worlds, Kaneva, and more virtual worlds that exist on the web.

Beta Stages

Beta I

Beta I began in January of 2003.

new features included: Included Aussie hats and bunny slippers as well as the developer program.

Beta II

Beta II began on February 12th, 2003.

New features included: New emotes and vehicles in the Shop. The over the rainbow pack and the Tow of Hearts Pack And a bunch of dune buggies and new board designs. Nebula Hoverboard at and Seamonster Hoverboard Beanies were also introduced in Beta II.

New drinks were also introduced!

There were four new land masses in this version. 1 big and 3 small islands.

Beta III

Beta III began in May of 2003.

New features included: photo huts, Hoverbikes, and Hoverboats. Accessories now include earrings and glasses. The slider bars in the spa now allow for more customization. You can now build a paintball course with a 'gun kit'. Tommyguns were introduced. Stylemaker arrives on the scenes to make women's tops. Flutterbugs arrive on the scene. Stages get buzzers. new hairstyles like the fro come out. Freestyle Hoverboard make the scene. The Adventure Maker adds four new types of clues including lockbox, Bottles, balloons and personal force fields! Name tags get bigger when you look at someone in a chat group. Waterfalls and hot tubs on Calderra also added. Still levels began to tell users more about how close you were to the next level.

Details

There is 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.

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.

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.

In September 2007, all members of the There Philippines were moved to the original version. They were forced to change usernames (if necessary), and could not bring anything with them but tbux during the change.

Popular Locations in There

- CosmoGirl! Village - Duda Beach - Fisher Island - Zona Island

Island Names

- Caldera - Nada - Ootay - Tropical Adventure's - New Kansas - Egypt - Congrejo - Motu Motu - Malihini - Aurora - Coke Island - Comet

Size

As at Jan 2008 There contains 14 major islands, numerous smaller islands, 1 million members and many community places including businesses.

Screenshots

<gallery> Image:There_Screenshot02.jpg|Activities include hoverboarding, with the ability to perform stunts such as dropping down from space Image:Scenery.jpg|A wide pan over a seaside thatched-roof village |Members can join and create interest groups Image:Landmark02.jpg|There contains many landmarks, including a replica of New Orleans Image:Emotes01.jpg|Avatars can display over 100 emotes Image:Zona.jpg|Zona Island, a place where new members first log in. Image:Hoverboat01.jpg|A member made vehicle. As an avatar users can paint and build a variety of items. Image:|Zona Island, a place where new members first log in </gallery>

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