Another adult MMO hits the scene: Utherverse
A new adult MMO has launched called Utherverse. Details, via Wired:
Utherverse is the company behind Red Light Center, one of the erotic MMOs launching this year (and the subject of an upcoming column). The interesting part is that Utherverse has combined its social networking site with its virtual environment. You can get to the 3D chat from the social networking pages, and vice versa. The co-branding is blatant
Sort of looks like Adult Friend Finder meets a 3D avatar chat. Anybody tried this out yet?
July 27th, 2006 • 
TD Goodliffe • 
comment | September 10, 2007 at 17:04 | individual comment-link
I tried the free trial but it seemed pointless. You couldn’t do any of the things they where bragging about. Ofcourse if you sign up and pay 20 USD a month you can I’m sure. I must say I was impressed with the graphics though a bit typical in this style of game. There where lots of interactions with other REAL PEOPLE also!
comment | January 9, 2008 at 06:15 | individual comment-link
I am a member of Redlight Center aka RLC, And have been for more then a year. I must say I love the place, I don’t mind paying the lousy 20 bucks a month cos they have a system that makes it so you really dont have to after the first few payments. You can use your rays…, points you receive for interacting with other members, logging in, and viewing and rating others profiles, to pay for your next monthly fees. I love the animations and graphics. Plus RLC is growing, they are adding new things every few months. Keeping in mind utherverse is fairly new, I’m not surprised that SL has some competition now. Imagine when RLC is really up on there feet, they have already started allowing users to buy property and rent apartments as in SL. I like SL but I’d pick RLC over SL any day! The graphics are better and it’s much less confusing to use. plus they make sure you are an adult unlike SL, where kids can come on there and see anything!
comment | January 21, 2008 at 14:11 | individual comment-link
Yeah. I have been a member there for quite a while and have seen the same old patches and glitches keep recycling. The ppl that run it don’t seem to be concerned about improving the prgm. As long as they keep getting thousands of ppl spending their $20US/month, everything is fine.
I might add that the $20/month is double what any other virtual world costs and the privileges for basic members (non-paying) aren’t as much at RLC/Utherverse as they are at the less expensive virtual worlds.
My advice is to spend your $10 at other places and save yourself the $20 that RLC/Utherverse charges.
comment | March 17, 2008 at 18:08 | individual comment-link
RLC (Lite) never worked for me, no matter what I tried. Though their promo is very interesting! Technical support “thinks” the issue is the hotspot where I access the net blocking the service which is not the case. Given the adult content others access. Signing up for ‘UV’ did not help either (Utherverse). And (I) found their reference to sex too blatent. Since they cater to those who are into the other kind of adult activity, I am not seeking (porn, eroticism and the like; hence links to such ‘adult’ sites as “Adult Friend Finder”). There’s more to an adult (social networking service) and being an adult than sex in itself. I for one seek a service like MySpace for adults 21 and up, for business also. Without the (immaturity, negativity and sexploitation) nonsense that is not supposed to be there, per their policy. RLC /VU are on to something great! IF they get it right for everyone, according to their verified profiles they customize, their avatar is built on automatically. And anyone who wants VIP access pay a one time fee. Those who seek the “other” kind of adult content should pay monthly, and be in their own environment. Or be taken to that part of (virtual) town, only they can access; with VIP just for them. So that the social networks can accomodate everyone. Including teens who can be in their own world safely (with parental control!), similar to “IMVU” (avatar based instant messenging /chat service). With verification of identity for all members; who also want to meet others in the real world, as I do….