For the most part, I have no curiosity to the Internet "toy" factor. Strangely, I am curious to the 3D chat rage. There is something attractive about 3D chat; that attractiveness troubles me.

My introduction to 3D chat came from Josh — a charter customer of the My^DLLURTH service community. Josh could not get display on his father's LCD monitor while it rested on a computer chassis. With son and computer equipment in tow, Josh came for a system evaluation. Josh and his son were healthy; neither did the computer equipment give any indication of failures. The video failure was attributed to power conditions at home. That was the beginning of … intellectual trouble.

Josh is a social creature. All too frequently, that social character complicates Josh's computer resources. Josh does visit questionable Internet sites; he self-inflicts much Trojan and virus misery. To his credit, Josh accepts his own responsibility and seeks professional help for all facets of his afflictions. In the meantime, he continues affected by social aspects of the Internet. This time, however, I am also affected.

Josh hoped for guidance in enhancing his 3D chat avatar; the chat application is IMVU. The usefulness of IMVU, for my participation, is approximately what IRC provides. I cannot justify the animated avatar. In fact, I cannot use IMVU for my lack of a Microsoft Windows installation. My lack of access did not mitigate Josh's insistence; Josh was single-minded to learn the "tricks" of programming avatar attributes.

Specifically, Josh wanted to alter the apparel for his avatar. There are several articles of virtual clothing available for purchase; the available purchase items do not satisfy Josh. Unfortunately, I haven't desired instruction to impart. Can someone else educate the community?