Imvu.com - Chat With friends In 3D

This website is a source of entertainment where you can chat with friends in a 3D scene. With IMVU you create your own avatars who chat in killer 3D scenes; for the creation of your avatar you have the chance to choose from plenty of tools the one you like the most for your avatar. You can design it by choosing the name, face, eyes, hair skin, shoes, accessory, and more things. With this service you will be able to meet new people from around the world in a 3D avatar scene. This website provides you with a customizable homepage for free in order to let you be seen and check out other homepages. It has a section where you can browse for new clothes, shoes, hairstyle, pets and more things in order to renovate your avatar image.

“IMVU is a consumer internet startup in downtown Palo Alto. IMVU makes the world's best 3D instant messenger, which is now in beta testing with more than 1 million customers around the world. The service lets users express themselves by creating and customizing a 3D avatar with a wide variety of clothes, accessories, pets, and scenes. The service has been live for several years, and it is generating a rapidly growing revenue stream from the sale of virtual currency. IMVU's culture is maniacally focused on rapidly developing and testing features and business ideas to learn from our customers what will make a great business. IMVU has top tier venture investors and an extraordinarily talented team with deep experience in games and virtual worlds.”

It is a cool new way to chat and have fun with your friends online. It gives the possibility to users to express themselves by creating their own avatar depending on their tastes and preferences. It is a great idea to let people design the way they want to be exposed. It is a very appealing site, with 3D images and plenty of colors.

Will people choose to chat in a 3D way or they will continue chatting in the traditional and simple way? Which audience this 3D service is targeting? ; Only for young children? Will this new way of meeting people attract more users in the future?