A chat system, method and computer program product for delivering a message
between a sender and a recipient in a three-dimensional (3D) multi-user
environment, wherein the 3D multi-user environment maintains respective
digital representations of the sender and the recipient, uses a recipient
interface to receive a message, map the message to a texture to generate a
textured message, and render the textured message in the 3D multi-user
environment so as to permit the recipient to visually ascertain the
location of the digital representation of the sender in the 3D world.
Received messages are mantained as two-dimensional elements on a recipient
viewport.
