Lucasfilm's Habitat Promotional Video

The first promotional video of the first virtual world and avatars. Circa 1986.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• habitat
• avatars
• lucasfilm
• virtual
• worlds

[snake2006]

Did it even launch.

[FRandallFarmer]

@snake2006 Yes, under the name QLink's Club Caribe

[ActionCarl]

apparently the only thing to do in Habitat is cybersex

[FRandallFarmer]

@ActionCarl You've confused Habitat with Second Life! :-) Read "The Lesson's of Lucasfilm's Habitat" to learn more.

[BlackoutDOTcom]

I remember this, I was on the test server. From what I remember it didn't actually work for very long before Qlink went bye bye. It was great to see it I wish there was something like this today!

[densch]

Thanks for sharing this. It's amazing!

[HarryElwell123]

@FRandallFarmer I've just been reading about you and a guy named Morningstar developing this virtual world in a book by Howard Rheingold on virtual communities. Interesting stuff! Especially now that I've seen the program I was reading about "in the flesh", so to speak.

[TECfan1]

That looks better than any online game today! and the graphics are like crap too!

[wandererlain]

Hmmm! Now this is a rare find.

[SuperWarioCementleg]

If someone played this game when it ran, please send me a e-mail about this, i want to know everything about how the head thing worked. I have read that you could remove the head and switch it, and that you could run around without a head and stuff, so i want to know everything how the game worked, since im designing an online game. PM for email.

[barrybob32]

haha that is so true, i mean i sell vehichles i built in second life but its really filled with sick fucks, moreso now than ever before, back in 07 and 08 believe it or not second life used to be a decent place. Id rather be on habitat

[Andthatswhymacssuck]

@FRandallFarmer Ya

[FRandallFarmer]

@Andthatswhymacssuck I imagine that would be pretty difficult.