Virtual Communities
Introduction
Not sure what it's all about? Start here.Contact Consortium
A non-profit organization studying and promoting virtual communities in cyberspace. Their home page is the best place for an overview of the avatar-based community phenomenon.Active Worlds
Active Worlds is perhaps the most popular and powerful of the avatar-based community technologies. Windows 95 or better and Pentium required.Worlds Chat
Worlds Chat offers spectacular graphics, cool sound, and fast response in a 3-D avatar world. Supports Windows (all flavors).Onlive! Traveler Community
This is the Onlive! chat site. Onlive! uses voice as well as text. Windows 95 or better and Pentium required. You also need a microphone and a headset or speakers.The Palace
The Palace is a collection of avatar-based chat communities on a wide variety of themes and interests. Supports Windows and Macintosh.The Avatar Teleport
What are avatar chats all about? The best collection of information on one page.TheU
A university based on Active Worlds virtual reality avatar chat.