With Over 40 Million Users, Highrise Aims to Bring Humanity Together Through Shared, Virtual Experiences
AUSTIN, Texas., MARCH 28th, 2024 — Pocket Worlds, a technology company that empowers shared experiences to connect the world, today announced that its flagship platform, Highrise, has launched Highrise Studio and Highrise 4.0. As the leading mobile platform that enables anyone to easily create immersive worlds and captivating games, the updates continue Highrise’s commitment to empower creators to unleash their creativity while earning an income from their creations.
Highrise, which has amassed over 40 million users, is a creative virtual world where people make avatars, express themselves, and create deep friendships along the way. With 680,000 weekly users spending an average of 90 minutes in-game, Highrise has emerged as a vibrant hub for user-generated content (UGC), keeping pace with current pop culture trends. It offers accessories like the Baddie Red Carpet jacket and Stan-cups to engage its community.
The latest offering, Highrise Studio, equips creators with a comprehensive set of development tools designed for building in Unity, the widely used and user-friendly game engine. With these tools, creators can push boundaries, crafting entirely new 3D game modes, environments, assets, and beyond. These creations seamlessly integrate into the Highrise world with just a click. Highrise Studio is powered by Highrise 4.0, a complete overhaul of the Highrise world in Unity. This update not only introduces quality-of-life enhancements for players, such as enhanced character and profile customization options, but also lays the foundation for a more dynamic and engaging experience.
Creators generate revenue from their published content through the Creator Exchange program, which offers compensation determined by sales and engagement metrics. In 2023, more than 5,000 designers crafted distinctive items, resulting in nearly half a million dollars paid out to creators.
“At Pocket Worlds, we are building bleeding-edge technology that enables creators to build the next generation of immersive experiences. Through Highrise, we are connecting the world through shared experiences and realizing the positive potential of the internet. The fundamental necessity for human connection is now more critical than ever, and our ultimate objective is to empower every individual to feel a sense of belonging and connection through imaginative virtual worlds,” stated Anton Bernstein, CEO of Pocket Worlds, the developer behind Highrise.
Highrise 4 is now live and accessible to players immediately. Additionally, the new Highrise Studio is also available today for creators to start utilizing and deploying their creations into Highrise.
About Highrise
Highrise is a creative virtual world where people make avatars, express themselves, engage in shared experiences, and create deep friendships along the way. Over 40 million people have already joined the world of Highrise, and it’s growing faster every day. For more information, please visit HIGHRISE.GAME. Highrise is a creation of Pocket Worlds, the company that’s on a mission to empower creativity and connect the world. For more information on Pocket Worlds, please visit POCKETWORLDS.COM. Highrise and its logo are registered trademarks of Pocket Worlds in the United States and other countries. © Pocket Worlds. All rights reserved.
About Pocket Worlds
Pocket Worlds is a technology company that is on a mission to empower shared experiences to connect the world. The company is rapidly expanding with support from Y Combinator, boasting over 50 million users and 10,000 creators. Currently, the company has two platforms Highrise, the leading mobile platform that enables anyone to easily create immersive worlds and captivating games, and Everskies, the leading pixel doll community where users dress up avatars and chat with friends. Pocket Worlds is building bleeding-edge technology for developers and amateurs to create immersive experiences and worlds inside our virtual universe.
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