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"Avatar Reality, developer of the virtual world platform Blue Mars, announced it's raised $4.2 million from venture capitalists including Henk Rogers and Kolohala Ventures.  The startup says it has raised more than $13 million to date."

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"Blue Mars is a free to play massively multiplayer virtual world featuring stunning graphics, realistic characters, and endless social bonding activities. The Blue Mars virtual world is made up of an expanding set of independently operated cities that feature unique themes, activities, and attractions such as shopping, avatar customization, unique personal spaces, and games like dancing, racing, and golf."

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"Look out, Lindens, here it comes. One in a blue moon, a virtual world comes along that might really challenge Second Life -- and now it's here, Blue Mars. Sign up for the beta here that is reportedly opening in June -- but only if you are a developer who wants a preview of how your content made on professional software like Maya will look in this world. It's not ready for the proles yet."

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"Providing a brand new venue for game developers, digital entrepreneurs, artists and educators, Avatar Reality Inc., today announced its software development kit (SDK) for the upcoming massively multiplayer virtual world (MMVW), Blue Mars. Premiering at the 2009 Game Developers Conference (GDC), the Blue Mars SDK is offered to approved third party developers at no cost and provides access to sample code, assets and test levels, as well as Avatar Reality’s Sandbox editor, support wiki and knowledge database."

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