IMVU is a hybrid between a social network and a persistent world game, where you can create and customize your own avatar and explore an expansive open world filled with thousands of other players from all over. In a way, it's like a mix between Second Life and instant messaging.
When you sign up for IMVU, the first thing you do is create your avatar. There are hundreds of different options for creating literally thousands of different combinations. Thanks to this powerful editor, you can create whatever look you want. Even better, as you play and unlock accessories and decorations, you can customize your character's appearance even more with various hairstyles, shoes, makeup, and tattoos. Basically, even the smallest detail can be changed.
Conversations between users take place in 3D environments with speech bubbles like those used in comics, but you can also use a microphone if you prefer. Of course, your avatar can perform various actions such as laughing, dancing, exercising, and more. You can express yourself as fluently as if you were face-to-face with another person. In fact, the appeal of IMVU lies in its wide range of interactive possibilities between players.
IMVU is much more than a game, and it's much more than a social network, too. It's a virtual platform where you can meet new people, make friends, and live a new life in a 3D world that you can change and mold to your every whim.
