Development History
June 2009 - Avatar Reality started closed beta testing
September 2, 2009 - Reached "open beta" status, with version 0.5822.
December 17, 2009 - version 0.6589 of the beta software was released. This version added a "places browser", which allows selective downloading of city data, and Flash functionality within the player client. At the same time the website was revamped, new cities opened, and pricing was announced for city hosting.
February 18, 2010 - version 0.7470 was released. This version added a "Body Editor" to create custom Avatars.
April 5, 2010 - version 0.8237 was released. This version added custom hair creation, and improved chat features in the client software. The "world" at this point consists of 15 visitable cities with a small number of activities and working shops.
July 1, 2010 to Current version - Details of changes can be found on the Blue Mars Developer Wiki Release Notes Page
The development roadmap plans release of more features incrementally on roughly a six week cycle.
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