There.com - An online virtual world

If you ever played around with the Sims game, which is a virtual world in which you can practice "living" your life and doing business and making friends, you will like There.com. The site provides a downloadable virtual world in which you can design and develop houses, fashion, and web tools. There provides advice and tips for the creation, marketing, and selling of your product. When you join for free, you get a personalized avatar, which is a talking, moving, virtual You that goes in your personal There space. Unfortunately, you have to be using Internet Explorer to use There. The site is a great place to practice your designing and development skills, or just have fun meeting other virtual people.

What is There? There is an online hangout where you can meet friends, play games and explore a 3D virtual world that's yours to help design and build. Create your own fully customizable avatar - then get in There and join the crowd.

The site's potential lies in its ability to provide a space for practicing development and marketing of products. It's a good way to get feedback for your ideas and see how they might sell in the real world.

Right now There seems pretty vague, which might attract various kinds of users. The problem is that some people might join it just for fun and not take it seriously. There might want to streamline its target audience some more.