Active Worlds

Active Worlds
Developer(s)ActiveWorlds, Inc.
Initial releaseJune 28, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-06-28)
Stable release
8.2 / May 5, 2023; 18 months ago (2023-05-05)
Engine
  • RenderWare
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Operating systemBrowser:
Windows (8.1 or later)
OS X (10.8 or later)
Linux (through Wine 4.0 or later)[1]
World Server
Windows
Available in15 languages
List of languages
Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
Websitewww.activeworlds.com

Active Worlds is an online virtual world, developed by ActiveWorlds Inc., a company based in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and launched on June 28, 1995. Users assign themselves a name, log into the Active Worlds universe, and explore 3D virtual worlds and environments that others have built. Active Worlds allows users to own worlds and universes, and develop custom 3D content. The browser has web browsing capabilities, as well as voice chat, and basic instant messaging features.

  1. ^ "ActiveWorlds Downloads". Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2021-03-24.