Areae

For the tribe of plants, see Areae (plant).

Areae is an American computer technology corporation based in San Diego, California, that was established in July 2006 by Raph Koster. Areae has been officially changed to Metaplace, Inc. to avoid confusion. Funded by Charles River Ventures and Crescendo Ventures, Areae develops the Metaplace software platform that democratizes the development of virtual worlds.^[1]

The word 'areae' is also the Latin plural of 'area'.

Metaplace, Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video Games
Founded	San Diego, California, U.S. (2006)
Headquarters	San Diego
Key people	Raph Koster, John Donham
Products	Metaplace
Parent	Playdom
Website	www.metaplace.com

History

In January 2010, the company pivoted towards using its virtual worlds platform to build social games on Facebook. It released two successful games on Facebook using its platform, Island Life and My Vineyard, after which the company was acquired by Playdom.^[2]