- Areae
Infobox Company
name = Areae, Inc.
type = Private
foundation = San Diego (2006 )
location = San Diego,California
industry =virtual world s
products =Metaplace
homepage = [http://www.areae.net/ www.areae.net]Areae is an American
computer technologycorporation located in San Diego,California , that was established inJuly 2006 byRaph Koster . Funded by Charles River Ventures and Crescendo Ventures, Areae develops theMetaplace software platform that democratizes the development ofvirtual world s. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7002479.stm |title=Virtual Worlds opened up to all|access date=2007-09-19 |date=2007-09-19 ]Notable associates
*
Amy Jo Kim , Advisor: "Community Building on the Web" (published by Peachpit Press) author
* Christopher Allen, Advisor:Transport Layer Security co-creator
*Cory Doctorow , Advisor:Boing Boing co-editor andOpenCola co-founder
* F. Randall Farmer, Advisor: co-creator of a wide range of virtual world "firsts"
* Dr.Richard Bartle , Advisor:MUD1 co-creator and "Designing Virtual Worlds" (published by New Riders) author
*Thor Alexander , Producer: "Massively Multiplayer Game Development " (published by Charles River Media) series editorReferences
External links
* [http://www.areae.net/ Areae, Inc.] (official website)
* [http://www.metaplace.com/ Metaplace] (official website)
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