<s>
Habitat	B-Application
is	O
a	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
(	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
)	O
developed	O
by	O
LucasArts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
attempt	O
at	O
a	O
large-scale	O
commercial	O
virtual	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
that	O
was	O
graphic	O
based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Farmer	O
and	O
Morningstar	O
were	O
given	O
a	O
First	O
Penguin	O
Award	O
at	O
the	O
2001	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Choice	O
Awards	O
for	O
their	O
innovative	O
work	O
on	O
Habitat	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
graphical	O
MUD	B-Application
it	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
forerunner	O
of	O
modern	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
unlike	O
other	O
online	B-Architecture
communities	I-Architecture
of	O
the	O
time	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
MUDs	B-Application
and	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
onlines	I-Application
with	O
text-based	O
interfaces	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Habitat	B-Application
had	O
a	O
GUI	O
and	O
large	O
user	O
base	O
of	O
consumer-oriented	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
those	O
elements	O
in	O
particular	O
have	O
made	O
Habitat	B-Application
a	O
much-cited	O
project	O
and	O
acknowledged	O
benchmark	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
today	O
's	O
online	B-Architecture
communities	I-Architecture
that	O
incorporate	O
accelerated	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
and	O
immersive	O
elements	O
into	O
their	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
in	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
were	O
represented	O
by	O
onscreen	O
avatars	B-Application
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
individual	O
users	O
had	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
of	O
themselves	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
rather	O
like	O
a	O
videogame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Habitat	B-Application
was	O
governed	O
by	O
its	O
citizenry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
users	O
were	O
responsible	O
for	O
laws	O
and	O
acceptable	O
behavior	O
within	O
Habitat	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
authors	O
of	O
Habitat	B-Application
were	O
greatly	O
concerned	O
with	O
allowing	O
the	O
broadest	O
range	O
of	O
interaction	B-General_Concept
possible	O
,	O
since	O
they	O
felt	O
that	O
interaction	B-General_Concept
,	O
not	O
technology	O
or	O
information	O
,	O
truly	O
drove	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avatars	B-Application
had	O
to	O
barter	O
for	O
resources	O
within	O
Habitat	B-Application
,	O
and	O
could	O
even	O
be	O
robbed	O
or	O
"	O
killed	O
"	O
by	O
other	O
avatars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
this	O
led	O
to	O
chaos	O
within	O
Habitat	B-Application
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
rules	O
and	O
regulations	O
(	O
and	O
authority	O
avatars	B-Application
)	O
to	O
maintain	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Randy	O
Farmer	O
,	O
Chip	O
Morningstar	O
,	O
Aric	O
Wilmunder	O
and	O
Janet	O
Hunter	O
created	O
the	O
first	O
graphical	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
a	O
beta	O
test	O
by	O
Lucasfilm	O
Games	O
in	O
1986	O
as	O
Habitat	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Quantum	O
Link	O
service	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Habitat	B-Application
ran	O
from	O
1986	O
to	O
1988	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
closed	O
down	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
pilot	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
proved	O
too	O
costly	O
to	O
be	O
viable	O
,	O
so	O
Lucasfilm	O
Games	O
recouped	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
development	O
by	O
releasing	O
a	O
sized	O
down	O
version	O
called	O
Club	B-Application
Caribe	I-Application
on	O
Quantum	O
Link	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
then	O
licensed	O
by	O
Fujitsu	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
Fujitsu	O
Habitat	B-Application
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Electric	O
Communities	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
companies	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
WorldsAway	B-Application
project	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Reno	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
the	O
initial	O
plan	O
was	O
for	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
work	O
from	O
the	O
Fujitsu	O
Habitat	B-Application
code	O
and	O
bring	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Mac	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
proved	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
possible	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
the	O
underlying	O
architecture	O
was	O
nothing	O
like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Habitat	B-Application
due	O
to	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
different	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
world	O
was	O
called	O
Dreamscape	B-Application
and	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
Internet	O
in	O
1997	O
still	O
under	O
the	O
operation	O
of	O
Fujitsu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
the	O
Dreamscape	B-Application
was	O
still	O
surviving	O
independently	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
VZones.com	O
worlds	O
–	O
owned	O
by	O
Stratagem	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
WorldsAway	B-Application
worlds	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
server	O
software	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
launched	O
during	O
Stratagem	O
times	O
were	O
newHorizone	O
,	O
Seducity	O
,	O
Second	O
Kingdom	O
and	O
Datylus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VZones.com	O
worlds	O
closed	O
in	O
August	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
remaining	O
licensees	O
of	O
the	O
technology	O
is	O
vzones.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
of	O
this	O
approach	O
was	O
when	O
Wilmunder	O
,	O
the	O
programmer	O
responsible	O
for	O
developing	O
both	O
backgrounds	O
for	O
the	O
Habitat	B-Application
World	O
and	O
Avatar	B-Application
animations	O
noted	O
how	O
the	O
original	O
specification	O
only	O
included	O
a	O
single	O
generic	O
male	O
and	O
female	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wilmunder	O
determined	O
that	O
the	O
system	O
could	O
go	O
further	O
and	O
he	O
implemented	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
customize	O
player	O
Avatars	B-Application
,	O
first	O
by	O
patterning	O
their	O
clothing	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
allowing	O
Avatars	B-Application
to	O
change	O
height	O
,	O
carry	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
ultimately	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
players	O
to	O
select	O
from	O
over	O
one	O
hundred	O
different	O
heads	O
for	O
their	O
characters	O
,	O
capabilities	O
that	O
are	O
today	O
taken	O
for	O
granted	O
in	O
other	O
Avatar	B-Application
based	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
became	O
so	O
popular	O
that	O
'	O
heads	O
 '	O
were	O
sold	O
in	O
in-game	B-Application
vending	O
machines	O
and	O
were	O
even	O
used	O
as	O
rewards	O
for	O
players	O
when	O
they	O
completed	O
quests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
outlook	O
Morningstar	O
and	O
Farmer	O
stated	O
that	O
a	O
developer	O
should	O
consider	O
providing	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
possible	O
experiences	O
within	O
the	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
events	O
with	O
established	O
rules	O
and	O
goals	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
classify	O
the	O
two	O
coexisting	O
virtualities	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
infrastructure	O
level	O
"	O
(	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
the	O
"	O
reality	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
creators	O
should	O
only	O
control	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
experiential	O
level	O
"	O
(	O
visual	O
and	O
interactive	O
feature	O
for	O
users	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
operators	O
are	O
free	O
to	O
explore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
effort	O
is	O
currently	O
underway	O
to	O
relaunch	O
Habitat	B-Application
using	O
emulation	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
Q-Link	O
system	O
that	O
Habitat	B-Application
ran	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
uploaded	O
by	O
MADE	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
under	O
MIT	B-License
license	I-License
for	O
open	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	O
project	O
to	O
revive	O
Habitat	B-Application
led	O
by	O
Randy	O
Farmer	O
(	O
one	O
of	O
Habitat	B-Application
's	O
creators	O
)	O
named	O
NeoHabitat	O
was	O
announced	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
is	O
mostly	O
complete	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
Habitat	B-Application
experience	O
can	O
be	O
had	O
once	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WorldsAway	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
1995	O
and	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
Habitat	B-Application
team	O
,	O
although	O
no	O
code	O
is	O
shared	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WorldsAway	B-Application
is	O
an	O
online	O
graphical	O
"	O
virtual	O
chat	B-Protocol
"	O
environment	O
in	O
which	O
users	O
designed	O
their	O
own	O
two	O
dimensionally	O
represented	O
avatars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
visual	O
virtual	B-Application
worlds	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WorldsAway	B-Application
users	O
would	O
login	O
,	O
originally	O
through	O
dial-up	O
Compuserve	O
accounts	O
and	O
later	O
through	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
subscriber	O
would	O
view	O
and	O
manipulate	O
their	O
own	O
avatar	B-Application
which	O
was	O
displayed	O
in	O
a	O
limited	O
set	O
of	O
poses	O
and	O
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
user	O
would	O
walk	O
their	O
avatar	B-Application
around	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
city	I-Application
(	O
named	O
Kymer	O
)	O
,	O
enter	O
shops	O
and	O
teleporter	O
cabins	O
,	O
gesture	O
or	O
chat	B-Protocol
to	O
other	O
avatars	B-Application
(	O
cartoon	O
like	O
text	O
bubbles	O
would	O
appear	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
carry	O
out	O
various	O
in-game	B-Application
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ty	O
Burr	O
's	O
1996	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
graphical	O
chat	B-Protocol
worlds	O
then	O
available	O
(	O
the	O
others	O
were	O
Worlds	O
Chat	B-Protocol
and	O
Time	O
Warner	O
's	O
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
)	O
rated	O
WorldsAway	B-Application
the	O
lowest	O
at	O
C+	O
,	O
criticizing	O
the	O
slowness	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
flexibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
some	O
modern	O
virtual	B-Application
worlds	I-Application
,	O
WorldsAway	B-Application
did	O
not	O
boast	O
3D	O
graphics	O
or	O
any	O
combat	O
system	O
(	O
although	O
inworld	O
combat	O
had	O
been	O
planned	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
implemented	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
time	O
spent	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
by	O
users	O
was	O
spent	O
on	O
economic	O
endeavors	O
and	O
chat	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avatars	B-Application
received	O
tokens	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
hours	O
played	O
,	O
from	O
sales	O
of	O
objects	O
,	O
from	O
gifts	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
sources	O
such	O
as	O
running	O
enterprises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamscape	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
graphical	O
online	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
environment	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
WorldsAway	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
to	O
represent	O
themselves	O
in	O
a	O
2D	O
world	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
other	O
users	O
and	O
virtual	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
chooses	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
graphical	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
avatar	B-Application
can	O
text	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
,	O
move	O
,	O
gesture	O
,	O
use	O
facial	O
expressions	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
customizable	O
in	O
a	O
virtually	O
unlimited	O
number	O
of	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avatars	B-Application
earn	O
money	O
,	O
own	O
possessions	O
,	O
rent	O
apartments	O
,	O
and	O
make	O
friends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
environment	O
itself	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
screens	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
avatar	B-Application
moves	O
about	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
show	O
,	O
Mutiny	O
transitions	O
from	O
an	O
online	O
games	O
company	O
to	O
eventually	O
delivering	O
an	O
online	O
subscriber-based	O
graphical	O
chat	B-Protocol
community	O
for	O
Commodore	O
64	O
users	O
,	O
mirroring	O
Habitat	B-Application
.	O
</s>
