<s>
was	O
an	O
online	O
3-D	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
service	O
developed	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
ran	O
by	O
Sony	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
speak	O
to	O
one	O
another	O
and	O
join	O
chat	B-Protocol
lobbies	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
dedicated	O
server	O
browser	O
called	O
the	O
Community	O
Place	O
Browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
selecting	O
a	O
server	O
,	O
users	O
would	O
appear	O
in	O
a	O
3-D	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
as	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
human	O
or	O
an	O
animal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
1997	O
to	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
service	O
came	O
pre-installed	B-Application
on	O
Sony	O
's	O
VAIO	O
series	O
of	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
SAPARi	B-Language
service	O
was	O
discontinued	O
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Worlds	O
were	O
3D	O
virtual	O
spaces	O
written	O
in	O
Virtual	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
Modeling	I-Application
Language	I-Application
(	O
VRML	B-Application
)	O
and	O
ran	O
on	O
Sony	O
's	O
dedicated	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAPARi	B-Language
used	O
its	O
own	O
dedicated	O
browser	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
clients	O
that	O
could	O
run	O
VRML	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Called	O
the	O
Community	O
Place	O
Browser	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
organized	O
into	O
a	O
main	O
window	O
used	O
for	O
displaying	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
second	O
window	O
containing	O
the	O
chat	B-Protocol
lot	O
titled	O
"	O
Multi-User	O
Window	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
handled	O
another	O
piece	O
of	O
software	O
which	O
came	O
pre-installed	B-Application
on	O
the	O
VAIO	O
series	O
developed	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
Sony	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Internet	O
3D	O
Pack	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
the	O
servers	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
in	O
operation	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
possible	O
to	O
browse	O
the	O
internet	O
in	O
VRML	B-Application
by	O
operating	O
a	O
SAPARi	B-Language
avatar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAPARi	B-Language
avatars	B-Application
consisted	O
of	O
over	O
100	O
human	O
and	O
animal	O
models	O
,	O
and	O
allowed	O
for	O
customizable	O
colors	O
and	O
scaling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
Worlds	O
would	O
have	O
restrictions	O
on	O
which	O
Avatars	B-Application
could	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
user	O
spoke	O
,	O
their	O
message	O
would	O
appear	O
above	O
their	O
avatar	B-Application
for	O
a	O
short	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
and	O
would	O
be	O
logged	O
in	O
the	O
chat	B-Protocol
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
perform	O
actions	O
with	O
their	O
avatars	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
waving	O
or	O
sleeping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
GCO	O
,	O
A	O
VRML	B-Application
output	O
was	O
created	O
using	O
3DCG	O
software	O
called	O
"	O
LightWave	O
3D	O
"	O
from	O
NewTek	O
Co	O
..	O
Polygons	O
were	O
edited	O
using	O
"	O
LightWave3D	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
SAPARi	B-Language
came	O
pre-installed	B-Application
on	O
VAIO	O
systems	O
,	O
it	O
reached	O
hundreds	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
users	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
this	O
,	O
control	O
of	O
SAPARi	B-Language
was	O
transferred	O
to	O
So-net	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
fees	O
to	O
previously	O
free	O
material	O
.	O
</s>
