10 Facts About Will Harvey

1.

Will Harvey was born on 1967 and is an American software developer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur.

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2.

Will Harvey wrote Music Construction Set for the Apple II, the first commercial sheet music processor for home computers.

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3.

Will Harvey wrote two games for the Apple IIGS: Zany Golf and The Immortal.

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4.

Will Harvey attended Crystal Springs and Uplands for high school.

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5.

The first game Will Harvey developed was an abstract shooter for the Apple II called Lancaster.

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6.

Will Harvey contacted the president of Sirius, but the game was eventually released by minor publisher Silicon Valley Systems in 1983 and was not successful.

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7.

Will Harvey was one of the chief technical architects at San Francisco game studio Rocket Science Games, a company which failed in 1997.

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8.

In 1998, Will Harvey went on to found There, Inc, which produced a virtual 3D world designed for online socializing.

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9.

In 2003, Will Harvey founded IMVU, which combined the idea of avatars with instant messaging.

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10.

In 2011, Will Harvey founded Finale Inventory, an inventory management system that helps companies achieve smooth running operations.

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