I've been playing around a bit recently with IMVU. Outside of the fun of exploration, experiencing other platforms is a great way to gain new perspective. So far, I've been noticing quite a few interesting contrasts to Second Life/OpenSim.
One difference is the way adult content is restricted. IMVU sells an Access Pass for $19.95 US, that include age verification and access to special groups, forums and chat rooms. Non-verified members are not only prevented from purchasing adult-rated items and entering adult-rated rooms, but can't even see restricted content if another person is wearing it. The top image is age-verified Botgirl's view. The bottom capture is from Fourworlds' non-verified chat room window. Pretty wild, huh?
I'll post more on IMVU later this week, including some video.
4 comments:
So, the non-verified view has better fashion sense than the adult view.... interesting.
Ha! I've been called many things, but fashionista isn't one of them. I'm happy sticking to my comic-book sense of visual character. I was going for flower-child elf in this one. Video to follow. )
I just can't imagine paying twenty dollars to be a living Bratz doll; the medium is the message, and I shall leave that realm to others...
DeNovo: I agree that their avatar look and feel tends to the creepy side. They don't have the kind of slider-controlled avatar modification tool that Second Life offers. Still, they seem to have a thriving platform including content creators and concurrent users that are consistently above Second Life's.
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