The Avatar Teleport: Avatars, Avatars, Avatar, Avatar

Avatars! Exploring and Building Virtual Worlds on the Internet (published by Peachpit Press, 1997)

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What is an Avatar? It is your alter ego in Cyberspace, your body double in the virtual communities growing inside two and three dimensional virtual worlds online. With the book Avatars and this companion website, you can now leave simple chat rooms behind and venture forth into the true frontiers of virtual world Cyberspace.

Recent News from Avatar Cyberspace

Try Second Life, exciting second generation Avatar Cyberspace!	IMVU - cool new avatars in an Instant Message world!	New DigitalSpace Traveler released!	There now offers free basic membership!

(the original) Avatar Teleport
to Inhabited Virtual Worlds (started early in 1996)
Note that some of these worlds are from the period 1995-99 and are now offline, but we keep the Teleport up for historical purposes. For some continuing communities we invite you to visit Traveler, or Active Worlds, or Virtual Places, or The Palace, or Blaxxun Contact, or WorldsAway and of course, the new kids on the block including Second Life, There and IMVU.



WorldsChat Black Sun The Palace OZ
Gaming Worlds VRML Worlds Away Virtual Places
Traveler Active Worlds Comic Chat Brave New Worlds
New Life in Digital Space Sample the Book Online!
Build Worlds, Design Avatars Virtual Worlds Events and News

Worlds for YOUR OS!

MacOS Worlds	WinOS Worlds

Avatars! Extras

What do you think about Avatars?, email author Bruce Damer directly! The entire electronic version of the book is now online here! Order used or new paper copies from this page at amazon.com or elsewhere online or in bookstores near you. Listen to a January 1998 Avatars Book Tour interview at Lets Talk Computers out of Nashville (in realaudio format). Since 1995 the author has presented virtual worlds at many conferences. There are extensive writings here by the author about virtual world cyberspace. Avatars! was recommended by amazon.com as a top Internet book in 1997 (note this page is no longer online). Original 1997-98 Book Tour Schedule. Other books about Avatars and virtual world cyberspace. Join DS-News and stay up to date on Avatar Cyberspace.

Gallery of Art and Photos from Avatar Cyberspace

Click here to see Avatar Bar Scene and other images from the book!

Sample Sections and
Entire electronic version of the book

Sample Chapter! Advanced Course at Avatar University Netiquette & Community Hosting Guide

Bibliography of Further Reading Glossary of Virtual World Terms Hot Links To Virtual Worlds Resources

Have a serious interest in Avatar Cyberspace?
These organizations are there to help

The Contact Consortium is a not for profit membership organization dedicated to the development of human contact, culture and community in on-line virtual worlds. Consortium members come together to hold conferences, on-line events, and support the projects of its special interest groups. If you want to know what is up in Avatar Cyberspace, join the Contact Consortium.

The Digital Space Commons is a private company providing research, design, and consulting services for projects developing virtual worlds on the Internet. Digitalspace has unmatched expertise in applications of virtual worlds in science and education, collaborative workspaces for the enterprise, and worlds for entertainment.

Site completed for launch on January 17, 1997, last updated March 26, 2006

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The Avatar Teleport: Avatars, Avatars, Avatar, Avatar, Avatars, Avatars