The Metaverse just got bigger!

While blog hopping, I stumbled upon Metaplace. A platform much like Second Life that allows you to create and build your own virtual world.

Metaplace is still in Alpha but you can apply as an Alpha Tester here.

So, what is Metaplace? I will let them answer that question for you.

Our motto is: build anything, play everything, from anywhere. Until now, virtual worlds have all worked like the closed online services from before the internet took off. They had custom clients talking to custom servers, and users couldn’t do much of anything to change their experience. We’re out to change all of that.

Metaplace is a next-generation virtual worlds platform designed to work the way the Web does. Instead of giant custom clients and huge downloads, Metaplace lets you play the same game on any platform that reads our open client standard. We supply a suite of tools so you can make worlds, and we host servers for you so that anyone can connect and play. And the client could be anywhere on the Web.

We hope there will be millions of worlds made with Metaplace. It could get hard to find stuff if we’re right, so the portal lets you easily search, rate, review, and tag worlds and games of all sorts. You also get a user profile so you can find each other.

If you have more questions then visit Metaplace’s website at www.metaplace.com!