:''The word 'areae' is also the

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plural of '

area Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-di ...

'.'' Areae is an American

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technology

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based in

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, California, that was established in July 2006 by Raph Koster. Areae has been officially changed to Metaplace, Inc. to avoid confusion. Funded by

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and Crescendo Ventures, Areae develops the

Metaplace Metaplace was a software platform intended to democratize the development of virtual worlds, which was later used to make Facebook games. The company was established by '' Ultima Online'' and ''Star Wars Galaxies'' designer Raph Koster. According ...

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that democratizes the development of

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History

In January 2010, the company pivoted towards using its virtual worlds platform to build social games on

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. It released two successful games on Facebook using its platform, Island Life and My Vineyard, after which the company was acquired by Playdom.

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(official website) Technology companies based in San Diego Video game companies established in 2006 Metaplace MUD organizations Video game companies of the United States {{MUD-stub