Novaquark has announced that the pre-alpha for Dual Universe will be released on September 30th. This marks a critical phase in the game's development and an important milestone. KickStarter and crowd-funding backers at the Gold Founder level and above will be invited to try out the pre-alpha version. You can still back Dual Universe through September 7th to be included.
At the heart of Dual Universe is a truly innovative proprietary technology, which was developed to lay the foundations of the game. The CSSC (continuous single-shard cluster) manages one single universe with potentially millions of people interacting in it at the same time. A multi-scale voxel engine enables players to physically modify the world; dig a hole, carve up a mountain or build anything they want, from space ships to orbital stations, at any scale they desire.
You can learn more about Dual Universe on its official site.