#TODO [[Virtual Worlds]] However, the first social virtual world arguably was MUD —literally called [Multi-User Dungeon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD) it was a text-based multiplayer real-time virtual world. These early forms of platforms ## Fleissner attributes Peter Fleissner attributed the following features to a MUD, similar to the [[Virtual Worlds#Attributes of Virtual Worlds]]: * **Allocation of an identity**: Each user has to choose a name by which she can be identified. The procedure is similar to the log-in procedure at a terminal. In many MUDs, the person logged in is allocated to some collective body as well, like a guild or a professional organization. * **Orientation feature**: The users are able to "look around". By typing "look" on the keyboard they can read a verbal description on the screen. By typing "who" they are informed who else is sharing the same "place". * **Movement feature**: Usually the users may move freely within a kind of three-dimensional space (the directions are the four points of the compass plus "up" and "down") * **Communication feature**: The users can exchange (written) messages and thus communicate with each other. * **Action feature:** The users can perform certain actions, like grasping an object or taking a weapon. Link: [Multi-User-Dungeons (fleissner.org)](http://peter.fleissner.org/petergre/documents/muds.html) ## Articles & posts [Richard Bartle: What is MUD (Multi User Dungeon? (Octalysis Prime Interview) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDtHGelQ0XE) [MUD: Messrs Bartle and Trubshaw's Astonishing Contrivance - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfX8Z8W9JCE) [Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot: Dibbell, Julian: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Play-Money-Millions-Trading-Virtual/dp/B001P3OLVA/) ## A Rape in Cyberspace [A Rape in Cyberspace - The Village Voice](https://www.villagevoice.com/2005/10/18/a-rape-in-cyberspace/) [A Rape in Cyberspace - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rape_in_Cyberspace)