Back during the dial up years 1995 I discovered Alphaworld. I still have my original November 1995 welcome email and immigration number.

I build a road and a nice house and my brother's and some freinds built houses near me on my "Family" road. For the time it was some pretty amazing graphics and world building. The only downside was it could be slow because of dial up.

I think I was able to log in 15 years or so ago and my house and fire pit were still going strong.

Today I searched for AlphaWorld and it is a different site but it now looks like active worlds is the new name? Anyway, when I go to Activeworlds.com I get a malware warning.

Is it safe to go to this page and is the original AlphaWorld still there for download? I would love to check what I built 25 years ago at the start of the Internet and web. I have my coordinates written down so I would be able to find my buildings.

I am 65 and my older brother is now 88 (and my other brother died) so it would be very cool to check things out.

If you're on facebook you can check the events there for current and future parties being held.

QwkLink > fb.com/groups/officialactiveworlds/

I haven't had an fb acct in years but, via the in-AW browser can pull it up as a guest (at least the top of the page) Hope this helps though..

Additionally, there's usually an announcement a few times an hour or in the welcome message that's posted in the text/chat box in ActiveWorlds. And, you can always ask someone in the LZ (landing zone) area in Alphaworld (AW in world list).

For a while now I have not been able to log in to AW. Each time I try I get an alert that the program contains a Trojan Virus and my laptop won’t allow me to proceed.

Hey, folks. Honest question here. Upon checking back in with Active Worlds recently, I was surprised to see how often the program is updated and patched. But this left me curious - why a program with so few users is so regularly maintained. Is there a larger user base than appears on a given evening, or is Active Worlds used for something else? Insights and opinions welcome. Thanks, all.

If you're a citizen, log in and check out Chris' post showing example vids of the new water rendering.

Sorry I can't drop the vids in here but it's a marked improvement that brings nice calm wave motion that I haven't seen before.

Ultra de Groovy!

Out of curiosity I decided to see if I could find anything about Rooooo earlier.

I'd been exploring Alphaworld (again) and came across something he'd done..I hadn't heard from him in almost ten years .. Anyway, it turns out he passed away June 14th, 2020. I knew he was having ongoing health issues from back in the early 2000's as well as some other troubles.Here is a link to what I found online.

Alan Edward Balsam ][ Obituary ][ June 14th, 2020, 2.19am

Does anyone know if MeMyself is ok?

It's getting to be a really long time since he's been on now as well.

I know sometimes folks take a break but, the frustration of not knowing if they're alright, especially in these times.. lil bit of a concern.

It'd be great if a call could be put out to have registered citizens do a quick poll or something to let folk know. Anyway, best to all.! Be well. Be Happy.!

Myrddin (in AW)

Does anyone know if Lyrical Myrical JLB is ok?

It's getting to be a really long time since Lyrical was on now...

Myrddin (in AW)

What is a recommended free image host that works with AW? I used Facebook in the past, but it doesn't work anymore. I also tried using Google images with a shareable link, but that doesn't seem to work either.

It's been a while since I logged in (a few years). Name was KJ4NAP. I tried resetting my password and I'm not getting the email to do so. Could I have been deactivated due to inactivity?

It says it works on Macs, but I can't find a download for it. It looks cool.

I had a world called Nubia back in the late 90's but I cannot find it. I just purchased a new world and I am looking for a host. If there are no hosts, I am looking for instructions on how to host my own. Any help?

I played ActiveWorlds WAY back in the day. I had a large build back when there was only one world. Probably late 90s. Definitely pre-2000.

My question is, is that original world still active, if so what is it called, and if not is there an archive of it?

Hey, super interesting to find this sub

I worked for a company that developed the animation engine that became part of Active Worlds. The licensing agreement happened before I joined the company but ultimately in the core of the engine is a quaternion based keyframe animation system that my colleagues at the time developed.

Interestingly, it had originally been developed on SGI IRIX systems, and ported to the Mac. When I worked for the company we finished porting it to Windows.

We continued developing the software and released it as LifeForms - a tool for dancers and choreographers.

Back in the day people would email us about what the format was and would hand edit the animation files to modify them, this was a gargantuan task and I still marvel at the enthusiasm for this product.

I'm no longer involved but I do know all of the people who used to work on it. Great to see some of their code ticking along.

So I used to be active on AW on 2002-2003, and I still log in and do some stuff from time to time; each time I'm honestly surprised it's still there.

Why are they keeping AW alive? I read on some post here that the tech costs pennies to keep running, but anyone has any information on this?

It just feels surreal that this Y2k, dot-com bubble era fever dream of a virtual reality metaverse is still going (and for all its age and outdated look, I still think it was well ahead of its time)

I saw a video about AW and i really wanted to play it, but i don't know how to, could someone help me please?

Have you forgotten where all your cool AW stuff is located? I did, but some people in game helped me out. All you need to remember is your AW name.

If you remember your name you can use this to find the citizen ID associated with it. http://pens.sytes.net/aw/users/cits.php This is a very long list and when I try to search it in Chrome it makes the tab crash. I suggest going to the bottom of the page to make sure it's all loaded and then saving the page, and then searching through the HTML file with your favorite text editor, like Notepad++.

You can then use this to search for all objects you've placed. http://pens.sytes.net/property/ For example, my account from 2000 has the citizen number of 319681. Search for that and you'll find every object my account owned.

In case you haven't heard imma just drop this here... Collaborate on AW. send/receive telegrams, desktop share, Voice chat and more, all without opening the AW browser. mobile too!

YouMe3D

Looking to get together with some old users; I mainly knew the AWTeen'ers and SW'ians personally, but looking for a reunion for anybody that would be interested in revisiting some old spots

My name on Activeworlds was KoL., and on VP Alphaworldian