Note that Chip Morningstar, the author of this essay, was a key person behind the first graphical MMO -- in 1986! The "graphical MUD" in question was called Habitat and ran on Commodore 64 computers. Access to it was provided as a pay-per-minute service by Quantum Link, which later became AOL.
Be sure also to read his and F. Randall Farmer's paper on the subject [1] and related collections of anecdotes [2][3] if you're at all interested in the history of virtual worlds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_%28video_game%29
Be sure also to read his and F. Randall Farmer's paper on the subject [1] and related collections of anecdotes [2][3] if you're at all interested in the history of virtual worlds.
[1] http://www.crockford.com/ec/lessons.html
[2] http://www.crockford.com/ec/anecdotes.html
[3] http://www.crockford.com/ec/layza.html