Multiverse has unveiled a 3D virtual recreation of New York's famous Times Square on its Multiverse Network proprietary platform, navigable through the company's free downloadable Multiverse World Browser.

The company says it built the virtual Times Square (shown here is the real one) in just over two months, aiming to create a new demo to highlight the capabilities of its development platform, which has newly integrated support for Flash and YouTube video, web integration and next-gen lighting techniques.

The company plans to demo the virtual Times Square at the upcoming Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, where Multiverse will be giving attendees of the Worlds in Motion Summit (don't forget to register!) a peek at its technology.

Earlier this year, Multiverse released Platform 1.1, the latest version of its virtual world and MMOG development technology, including what the company says are major updates to its client and server technology and development tools. The company also highlights its current capability to accommodate over 1500 concurrent client logins on each server -- multiple servers can be deployed simultaneously.

Multiverse says more than 17,000 teams have registered to use its platform to build a range of virtual worlds, multiplayer online games and social, educational and business environments.