A lot of social networking site has emerged since the likes of Friendster, Multiply and Facebook popularized the concept. Everyone brings its brand of uniqueness and style but caters to one common idea of an online community constantly connected with one another. One such social networking site is Kaneva.

Kaneva is a 3D virtual world that supports 2D web browsing, social networking and shared media. It was developed by Kaneva, Inc. a privately owned Atlanta-based company founded in 2004 by Christopher Klaus and Greg Frame.

Kaneva was originally founded to develop a massive multi-player Online Game (MMOG) but its founders perceived a need in the gaming industry for a software solution that would aid in the development of games. In late 2004, Kaneva released the first version of their Kaneva Game Platform that included features to enable professional or independent game developers to develop games.As Web 2.0 became more mainstream, Kaneva decided to use its own technology to develop a virtual world that combined video sharing, social networking and 3D environments into one place. In 2005, Kaneva started development on the Virtual World of Kaneva, the company’s flagship product. The Virtual World of Kaneva was released into beta in mid 2006.

While developing this new direction, Kaneva did not abandon the original focus of building a Kaneva Game Platform. A new site was thus created in April 2006 to allow the community of game developers to collaborate on their projects. This site was named the Kaneva Elite Developers Site. Currently, the Kaneva Elite Developers have over a hundred games in development and thousands of active game developers.Kaneva brings social networking to a whole new level, combining the features of social networking with 3D imagery. To think of it, the fusion of two of the most popular modern hobbies – 3D gaming and social networking is the brightest idea I have crossed with.

Hopefully they will be able to further develop the idea and bring some new experience to users.