<s>
Twinity	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
3D	O
online	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
offers	O
its	O
population	O
,	O
called	O
Twinizens	O
,	O
to	O
navigate	O
around	O
virtual	O
(	O
historical	O
)	O
versions	O
of	O
real-world	O
cities	O
,	O
also	O
called	O
a	O
mirror	B-Protocol
world	I-Protocol
or	O
a	O
Metaverse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
public	O
beta	O
began	O
in	O
September	O
2008	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
virtual	B-Application
city	I-Application
,	O
Berlin	O
,	O
which	O
later	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Singapore	O
,	O
London	O
,	O
Miami	O
and	O
New	O
York	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twinity	B-Protocol
is	O
built	O
on	O
BigWorld	O
Technology	O
and	O
its	O
economy	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twinity	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
first	O
3D	O
online	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
to	O
incorporate	O
true-to-scale	O
replicas	O
of	O
large	O
cities	O
from	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
recently	O
begun	O
to	O
shift	O
the	O
focus	O
away	O
from	O
a	O
mirror	B-Protocol
world	I-Protocol
towards	O
a	O
more	O
fantasy-oriented	O
environment	O
with	O
locations	O
like	O
the	O
Isle	O
of	O
Palmadora	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
respect	O
,	O
Twinity	B-Protocol
seems	O
to	O
be	O
moving	O
towards	O
a	O
Second	O
Life-like	O
world	O
with	O
more	O
innovative	O
features	O
that	O
they	O
set	O
up	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
since	O
much	O
of	O
user-created	O
content	O
is	O
fictional	O
and	O
is	O
not	O
related	O
to	O
real	O
addresses	O
of	O
shops	O
and	O
apartments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
8	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Twinity	B-Protocol
by	O
ExitReality	O
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twinity	B-Protocol
members	O
represent	O
themselves	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
where	O
they	O
can	O
use	O
their	O
real	O
names	O
and	O
create	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
that	O
can	O
be	O
customized	O
in	O
different	O
ways	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
a	O
special	O
Photofit	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photofit	O
allows	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
upload	O
a	O
real	O
photo	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
then	O
adapts	O
to	O
the	O
measurements	O
of	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
face	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
resemble	O
a	O
picture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
new	O
alter	O
egos	O
and	O
role	B-Protocol
play	I-Protocol
are	O
popular	O
among	O
Twinity	B-Protocol
players	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
virtual	B-Application
currency	I-Application
used	O
in	O
Twinity	B-Protocol
is	O
called	O
"	O
Globals	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twinity	B-Protocol
is	O
based	O
both	O
on	O
professional	O
and	O
user-generated	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
furniture	O
or	O
purchase	O
pre-made	O
items	O
from	O
the	O
shops	O
in	O
Twinity	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
a	O
real	O
estate	O
agency	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
Twinity	B-Protocol
homepage	O
where	O
the	O
Twinizens	O
can	O
localize	O
an	O
apartment	O
of	O
their	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
Twinity	B-Protocol
,	O
an	O
achievement	O
system	O
is	O
offered	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
earn	O
profile	O
badges	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
categories	O
:	O
travel	O
,	O
lifestyle	O
and	O
living	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twinity	B-Protocol
uses	O
next-generation	O
texturing	O
technologies	O
to	O
deliver	O
a	O
graphically	O
up-to-date	O
visual	O
experience	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
latest	O
game	O
releases	O
in	O
the	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twinity	B-Protocol
uses	O
3D	B-Algorithm
mapping	I-Algorithm
data	I-Algorithm
by	O
Tele	O
Atlas	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
the	O
virtual	O
buildings	O
resemble	O
their	O
look	O
in	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
major	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
content	O
in	O
Twinity	B-Protocol
is	O
user-generated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Premium	O
members	O
can	O
create	O
3D-objects	O
,	O
clothes	O
,	O
floor	O
plans	O
and	O
animations	O
which	O
they	O
upload	O
through	O
the	O
Twinity	B-Protocol
client	O
or	O
export	O
COLLADA	O
files	O
through	O
3D	O
modelling	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
Sketchup	I-Application
,	O
Blender	B-Application
,	O
Autodesk	B-Language
3ds	I-Language
Max	I-Language
or	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twinity	B-Protocol
uses	O
the	O
3D	O
Game	O
Engine	O
from	O
BigWorld	O
,	O
an	O
Australian	O
games	O
company	O
for	O
3D	O
virtual	B-Application
worlds	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
specially	O
created	O
for	O
Metaversum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
first	O
week	O
of	O
November	O
2021	O
Twinity	B-Protocol
website	O
and	O
game	O
were	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
its	O
official	O
blog	O
is	O
on	O
still	O
with	O
last	O
update	O
of	O
December	O
10	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
