What is Metaplace?

Metaplace gives you the power to create, share, and live in your own unique virtual world. Hang out with friends, build your space, grow your community, and have fun. It's not just for techies anymore — it's for everyone who uses the Web today.

Metaplace is a network of user-created virtual worlds and games. Easy, right? Well, it's a bit more than that. It's also:

* A social network that lets you meet new friends and find your old friends too.
* A place to express yourself with your own virtual world.
* A collection of badges that you can earn for doing things like inviting friends, visiting worlds, and rating worlds.
* A place for you to script your own game using our API (if you know how to do programming)
* A marketplace of freely available interactive objects, systems, furniture, and buildings to create your very own place.
* A place for you to create art, code, objects, and games to trade with other users!

Metaplace puts virtual world and game design in the hands of the enthusiasts who love them. Our tools will allow for a wide range of skill levels to build spaces on the web that are instantly multiplayer and immediately shareable. Brand new to creating with Metaplace? We offer tools that help new users create their very own virtual Starter World and customize it however they would like. Builders can even take one of our existing games or worlds and "mod" it to give it a new skin that includes their own unique art. We allow Metaplace users to own their own world and add friends as owners too – so everyone can work together to make a creation that they will be proud to share with others. Everything is more fun with friends!

More information can be found here:
Metaplace Wiki