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IMVU Reviews

1. Jesse Li Starseed    

   Owner at Starseed Productions | almost 2 years ago
   Immersiveness and Realism is not always based on the Platform

   In most virtual worlds, whether on a 2D screen or 3D headset, the platform provides the means, but most of the userbase provides the "content". I am no stranger to 3D virtual. I was on the very first one called Cybertown back in 1999, and have accounts in Second Life and Sansar. To be honest, I had tried IMVU over a decade ago, but it seemed marketed to teens and the younger generation. But it is now 2022, and IMVU has made great strides in graphic quality, creator tools (IMVU Studio), and even V-COIN, the first cryptocurrency approved by the SEC for use in virtual worlds and convertable to real life currency. The bottom line though is the quality of the content, but especially that of the IMVU "avatars", which I have to say "still" greatly surpass most of the avatar looks available in standard 3D VR headset platforms. The content available for objects, rooms, and outfits, poses, movements, audio and even shadow/shade rendering is leaps and bounds better than it was many years ago, and much more is available in the IMVU Store for purchase. IMVU is now a subsidiary company of "Together Labs", has procured 35 million dollars in venture funding, and was ranked a few years ago as the Best Virtual World Game for Realistic Graphics for 2020 by Lifewire, a prominent tech site. I choose to use IMVU as a platform because it is a very good quality one, both technically and socially, and have developed ways of marketing and streaming music and video to and from online broadcasting sites in conjunction with this platform.

   🏁 Competitors: Second Life, Sansar, VRChat, Anakin

   👍 Pros:    Quality of content|Ease of use|Large selection of content|Two client platforms available for computer|Phone app|Cryptocurrency|Creator tools|Custom content can be made by users who are creators|Age verification required for adult content (ap)|: free, or paid-subscription vip tier levels|Greeters program|Live chatrooms can have thousands in the room|Furniture (tvs & screens) in live chatrooms can stream audio/video content directly from youtube

   👎 Cons:    Not a true 3d vr world, like vrchat|Not available for 3d vr headset|Limit of 10 avatars in a chatroom, although more can be invited or pulled in

Hubs by Mozilla mentions (42)

• I Use Firefox

  > Firefox Reality on the Oculus Go VR Headset yes, through not limited to the Oculus and it kinda folded Hubs (https://hubs.mozilla.com/) into it and and I think there was a bit of additional research level stuff never ending up in user hands but both are somewhat dead, idk. If Firefox Reality still works with any VR headset at all (it might still work with non standalone headset usage) and Hubs is shutting down... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• Mozilla '23 Ann. Report: CEO pay skyrockets while Firefox Marketshare nosedives

  Sounds like they have this huge pile of cash and can't think of a way to improve Firefox with it in any way that seems gee whizz enough. They tried hopping on Blockchain train and ended up jumping back off after getting roasted by JWZ [0] "we are reviewing if and how our current policy on crypto donations fits with our climate goals. ... [although] decentralized web technology continues to be an important area for... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Croquet: Live, network-transparent 3D gaming

  Why the comment "This is that rare announcement that's far more significant than it sounds." In El Reg, which is usually rather skeptical. Am I missing something? [1] https://hubs.mozilla.com. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Croquet: Live, network-transparent 3D gaming

  How does this compare to Mozilla hubs or the Third Room. https://hubs.mozilla.com/ https://github.com/matrix-org/thirdroom. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• is there a 3D metaverse, of the fediverse?

  Not sure if Mozilla Hubs federates, but as already said, ThirdRoom is Matrix VRchat thing. Source: 11 months ago

IMVU mentions (1)

• Alternatives to Everskies

  Games I don't know enough about that can be played in a browser that DON'T have forums or forum-like features: MovieStarPlanet2 (made by the same company as MSP1, so expect it to be just as pay to win and unsafe as the first game) Games I don't know enough about that don't have forums (as far as I'm aware) that you have to download: Habbo Hotel IMVU Hotel Hideaway The Sims 4 (it's free and lets you dress up... Source: 11 months ago