Project MyWorld
{{Short description|Unreleased video game}}
{{About|the upcoming video game|the TV show|Project My World}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Project: MyWorld
| developer = Realtime Worlds, eeGeo
| designer = Sean Dugan
| platforms = Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS
| released = 01/03/2013
| genre = Casual
}}
Project MyWorld is a 3D mapping SDK (software development kit) that started as a video game developed by Realtime Worlds. When Realtime Worlds closed in September 2010, Project MyWorld was sold to Kimble Operations (formerly known as Newincco 1027) for less than £3 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/project-myworld-buyer-revealed-report/1100-6279878/ |title=Project MyWorld Buyer Revealed|date=2010-09-28}} The head of interactive media at Revolver PR believed that it could have been worth "hundreds of millions of pounds."{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
News
Project MyWorld was announced on 28 July 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29653/Realtime_Worlds_Announces_Social_Platform_Project_MyWorld.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731104456/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29653/Realtime_Worlds_Announces_Social_Platform_Project_MyWorld.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 July 2010|title=Realtime Worlds Announces Social Platform Project: MyWorld|date=2010-07-29}} with the launch of a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El5Xc90Z5ZE teaser trailer]. The video states that the game will be launched in 2011. Even after sale notice, Project MyWorld
It has been renamed as Mapply, and then again as Recce (slang term for reconnaissance) after a dispute with a French company named 'Mappy'.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/13/recce-a-rich-interactive-map-thats-also-a-gaming-platform-launches-with-4m-from-nea/|title=Recce, A Rich, Interactive Map That's Also A Gaming Platform, Launches With $4M From NEA|date=2012-07-13}}
The main focus of eeGeo is providing Recce as a 3D mapping SDK for other apps to be built upon.{{cite web|url=http://eegeo.com/about-us/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506234358/http://eegeo.com/about-us/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 May 2014|title=eeGeo - About Us|date=2014-01-01}}
EeGeo Management
Eegeo's own website{{Cite web|title = Team - eeGeo|url = https://www.eegeo.com/team/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150615060314/http://www.eegeo.com/team/|url-status = usurped|archive-date = 15 June 2015|website = eeGeo|accessdate = 2015-12-09|language = en-GB}} lists Hassan Sadiq as its current (December 2015) chairman, along with Ian Hetherington as CEO.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://recce.com/}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110319094808/http://www.eegeo.com/ eeGeo website]}}
- [http://www.facebook.com/projectmyworld Facebook page]
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Category:Realtime Worlds games
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