IMVU is the world's greatest 3D instant messenger! IMVU allows you to chat using a character called an avatar in 3D scenes. With thousands upon thousands of cool products to choose from in the catalog, it is easy to look exactly the way you want. So go ahead and try on those shoes or change your skin color...the sky is the limit!

Using IMVU is great to meet people around the world. By signing up, you can have your own free customizable homepage and do a lot of stuff like adding images, send and recive messages, write a blog, see who online and who visited your page. This new kind of instant messaging service features new stuffs. It has a 3D avatar and a 3D window and while IMing someone, your avatar is capable of doing different animations like a wave, a dance, etc.The avatar can even interact with the people you caht with.

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