Comments on: Ridemakerz Builds a Virtual World For Boys Filled With Its Toy Cars

By: TechCrunch: Ridemakerz Builds a Virtual World For Boys Filled With Its Toy Cars | The Electric Sheep Company

Tue, 05 May 2009 20:43:23 +0000

[...] Read the entire article here. [...]

By: drisatya

drisatya — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:57:11 +0000

nice article..

By: 男の子向け自動車づくりのバーチャルワールド、Ridemakerz

男の子向け自動車づくりのバーチャルワールド、Ridemakerz — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:35:46 +0000

[...] 車好きの6歳から12歳くらいの男の子を知っていたら、このサイトを試してみるとよい。現在ベータテスト中のRidemakerzはバーチャル・ワールド経由で自分で車のオモチャを作れるサービスだ。TechCrunch読者向け招待はこちら。実際にサイトを製作したのはバーチャルワールドの老舗、Electric Sheep Co.で、自社で開発したWebflockプラットフォームをベースにしたブラウザ・ベースの男の子向けバーチャルワールドを作り上げている。12月にRidemakerzについて書いたときに、私は次のように説明した。このバーチャルワールドは、SNSとビデオゲーム、複雑なモデリング・システムを組み合わせている。少年たちは、現実の店で部品を選ぶのと同様、バーチャルワールドで部品を選んで車を自分の好みにデザインすることができる。…どんな部品を選ぶかで車の走りが変ってくる。逆に、現実の店で車のオモチャを買った場合には、精算時に発行され、車体に貼られるRidezID番号（RIN）を入力するとバーチャルワールドにまったく同じ仕様の車が現れる。子供たちは現実とバーチャルワールドでまったく同じ車で遊ぶことができる。バーチャルワールド内では、車そのものが子供たちのアバターになる。自分の車を乗り回すだけでなく、同時にオンラインになっている他の子供たちの車を見物することができる。（犯罪防止のため）テキスト・チャット機能はないが、それぞれの車には“Zmotes”という「かっこよさ」のボーナスが付与される。Zmotesはスマイル・マークから始って、爆発や稲妻の効果などまで用意されている。バーチャルワールドの道路沿いにはクレーン・ゲームができるジャンクヤードや時間管理の勉強にもなるピットストップ・クルーのゲームなどもある。たくさんの読者が興味を示し、実際にサイトを訪れてチェックしていたようだ。しかし覚えておいていただきたいが、これはあくまで子供向けのサイトだ。（ベータ版の利用は12歳以下の子供と共同で利用できる皆さんだけに限って欲しい）。バーチャルワールド内で動き回るには矢印キーを押すだけでよい。CrunchBase InformationRidemakerzInformation provided by CrunchBase[原文へ]（翻訳：Namekawa, U） ShowListings(”arc3″); ShowListings(”arc2″); AddClipsUrl = ‘http://jp.techcrunch.com/archives/20090123beta-invites-for-ridemakerz-virtual-world/’; AddClipsTitle = ‘男の子向け自動車づくりのバーチャルワールド、Ridemakerz’; AddClipsId = ‘2CBE02C952CFE’; AddClipsBcolor=’#78BE44′; AddClipsNcolor=’#D1E9C0′; AddClipsTcolor=’#666666′; AddClipsType=’1′; AddClipsVerticalAlign=’middle’; 次の投稿へ前の投稿へトラックバック [...]

By: Makers of Universes. A Directory of Immersive Things » Blog Archive » Ridemakerz Virtual World launches closed beta

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:54:45 +0000

[...] given birth to Dusty Radical, my RZ avatar, exploring the loops. As TC described it back in December, RZ combines “social network, video games, and a complex inventory system. Boys can design [...]

By: Larry Andreini

Larry Andreini — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:09 +0000

Landing page with code exclusively for TechCrunch readers is preparing to go live.

By: Zao Games

Zao Games — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:09:13 +0000

[...] brands are going to have a virtual counterpart. TechCrunch has more details on the virtual world in this article form earlier this month. Here’s a video preview. Permalink | Recent Headlines | RSS [...]

By: SEGAGIGA

SEGAGIGA — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:24:23 +0000

The game is shaping up quite nicely but I hope there will be more level of interaction between players. There’s no mention of multi-player and the mini games have no ranking system yet. I hear that there will be no chat and that it will only use emotes for communication. I hope there are enough phrases available for basic conversation…I can’t even say “thank you” or “follow me”. I love the idea of making your real ride virtual, and a virtual ride real! Aside from real items, I hope there will also be “virtual only” items that can be used for “Battle mode” where you could race in a track similar to “Death Race”! As for new cars, I want my 70’s Camaro, and import tuners!

By: Larry Andreini, ZEO, RIDEMAKERZ

Larry Andreini, ZEO, RIDEMAKERZ — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:37:32 +0000

CORRECTION: Actually, we do have a license through BMW, the MINI Cooper S, which is a license through BMW North America. The article does not state that we offer BMW’s; it states that we have a license through BMW. Also, it is not correct that we have one GMC product. With GM, we have a Chevrolet product, the Pratt & Miller C6.R and C6RS Corvette. You are correct that an average price for a tricked-out, radio-controlled RIDE is $75 not $120, and the average price for a free-wheel RIDE is around $35.

By: Ridemakerz Makes a Virtual Ridemakers - Game|Gravity

Ridemakerz Makes a Virtual Ridemakers - Game|Gravity — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:46:25 +0000

[...] also may be able to create their own outlandish designs that won�t necessarily be buildable. More … Now if the nice people at Ridemakerz would like to offer me the chance to review this new [...]

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:53:04 +0000

There are many things not correct with this article. Ridemakerz does not offer any BMW products, but they do offer Ford, Dodge, one GMC product and some custom cars designed by Chip Foose. An average car with remote averages around the $75.00 mark, you can go more or less just depends on what options you customize on it. Also yes, Maxine Clark does operate BAB. There are no plans to open a shop in the Bay area any time soon, but we will be coming to Cali soon enough….stay tuned.

By: Ridemakerz Builds a Virtual World For Boys Filled With Its Toy Cars « Children’s Interactive Digest

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:38:02 +0000

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By: Ypulse Essentials: ‘The Grinch’ Steals Christmas, MTV Layoffs, Digital Literacy | Tween Girls On Line Magazine

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:49:58 +0000

[...] Tween and teen virtual world Planet Cazmo announces a new Saturday series for December. Plus Ridemakerz gives car-loving boys a new online destination) (Virtual World News) [...]

By: Ypulse Essentials: ‘The Grinch’ Steals Christmas, MTV Layoffs, Digital Literacy | Ypulse

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:14:02 +0000

[...] Tween and teen virtual world Planet Cazmo announces a new Saturday series for December. Plus Ridemakerz gives car-loving boys a new online destination) (Virtual World News) [...]

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:29:37 +0000

I also like the style of http://drift.ijji.com/
But this is more about a game than a virtual world.

By: Ridemakerz desarrolla mundial virtual de carros

Ridemakerz desarrolla mundial virtual de carros — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:56:24 +0000

[...] Visto en TechCrunch [...]

By: World Peace

World Peace — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:20:55 +0000

How about charging the hybrids with automobile paint or windows solar panel? Also you can charge the car on the vibration in shock movement or brake pedals as well as while car is moving using the wheel movement. And then you can also charge it by placing wind tunnels in right places. Using all these methods, the car may need to re-charged using the wall plug for very little time.

By: Carl Stronzo

Carl Stronzo — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:12:50 +0000

Judging from the video, it looks like it uses a more 3D looking engine compared to the isometric view in the other kid’s worlds such as Club Penguin and Webkinz.

Cool.

By: Deal Linker

Deal Linker — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:39:09 +0000

I have nieces and nephews that love Webkinz. This is a cool concept and it will be interesting to see if it takes off.

By: Eric G

Eric G — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:12:17 +0000

My 9 year old son would go crazy in a store, any news when they may have a Bay Area/SF location?

I have two kids that spend time in Club Penguin which IMO has done an excellent job of creating one of the few viable businesses in the virtual world space.

I can see all sorts of sponsor tie ins too, this could be a really interesting business to watch.

BTW – Rick is correct, Maxine Clark is the person behind Build a Bear

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:28:23 +0000

Maxine Clark created Build-a-Bear, not Pozez.

By: Multiplayer Adult World

Multiplayer Adult World — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:53:08 +0000

I have to admit this looks awesome!

By: Erick Schonfeld

Erick Schonfeld — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:35:48 +0000

Stay tuned, working on it.

By: Erick Schonfeld

Erick Schonfeld — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:34:10 +0000

Build=A-Bear is an investor and close partner. They learned a lot from them.

By: Raqulando

Raqulando — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:18:54 +0000

OMG Erick!! You didn’t tell me that you wrote for TC. Did you tell everyone about your new boyfriend? (ME )

I’ll see you next week, and please show me around your office.

By: Erik Loehfelm

Erik Loehfelm — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:14:53 +0000

This is great! I saw a preview build of the Pixar/Disney online cars world at the Adobe MAX conference. It was cool but this tie in with the ‘real-life’ buildable cars might put it over the top! My girls are Webkins freaks so I know the concept is solid. The personalization and focus for the boys looks to be a winner!

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