<s>
OZ	B-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
3D	O
world	O
viewer	O
created	O
by	O
OZ	B-General_Concept
Interactive	I-General_Concept
that	O
enabled	O
real-time	O
collaboration	O
communications	O
in	O
shared	O
spaces	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
with	O
a	O
strong	O
focus	O
on	O
creative	O
content	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
viewer	O
supported	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
Modeling	I-Application
Language	I-Application
(	O
VRML	B-Application
2.0	O
)	O
a	O
standard	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
experiencing	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
worlds	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
came	O
with	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
editor	O
that	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
select	O
from	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
pre-defined	O
avatars	B-Application
with	O
body	O
movements	O
and	O
modify	O
their	O
appearance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
communicate	O
using	O
voice	O
chat	O
using	O
low	O
bandwidth	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
supplied	O
by	O
Voxware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
this	O
VRML	B-Application
browser	O
was	O
that	O
anyone	O
browsing	O
a	O
given	O
URL	O
could	O
see	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
any	O
other	O
users	O
visiting	O
the	O
same	O
URL	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
thus	O
making	O
it	O
an	O
instantaneous	O
shared	O
virtual	B-Application
space	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
beta	O
on	O
July	O
24	O
,	O
1996	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
VRML	B-Application
1.0	O
,	O
avatars	B-Application
,	O
and	O
social	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
subsequent	O
release	O
on	O
December	O
11	O
,	O
1996	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
VRML	B-Application
2.0	O
including	O
support	O
for	O
VRML	B-Application
2	O
scripting	O
using	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OZ	B-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
technology	O
was	O
spun	O
off	O
from	O
OZ	B-General_Concept
Interactive	I-General_Concept
into	O
a	O
separate	O
company	O
named	O
SmartVR	O
on	O
November	O
24	O
,	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
still	O
source	O
code	O
in	O
EVE	O
Online	O
that	O
originates	O
from	O
OZ	B-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
OZ	B-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
was	O
used	O
to	O
broadcast	O
,	O
in	O
3D	O
using	O
motion	O
capture	O
,	O
a	O
live	O
concert	O
co-hosted	O
by	O
Intel	O
and	O
OZ	B-General_Concept
Interactive	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
OZ	B-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
2.0	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
3D	O
product	O
showcase	O
for	O
Ericsson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OZ	B-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
2.0	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
3D	O
world	O
composed	O
of	O
Cartoon	O
Network	O
characters	O
for	O
Time	O
Warner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atlantic	O
Records	O
used	O
OZ	B-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
to	O
create	O
a	O
3D	O
site	O
for	O
its	O
artists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Van	O
Gogh	O
Museum	O
offered	O
3D	O
renderings	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
Van	O
Gogh	O
's	O
pictures	O
which	O
were	O
created	O
in	O
OZ	B-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
and	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
