EARLY VERSION OF IMVU: AVATARS STATIONARY, BECAUSE THE PRODUCT WAS “AN MVP”.
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK: WANT TO MOVE AVATARS AROUND.
IMPLEMENTING VERY EXPENSIVE AND TIMECONSUMING, SO THE COMPANY DECIDED TO TRY ANOTHER MVP:
CHANGED THE PRODUCT SO THAT CUSTOMERS COULD CLICK WHERE THEY WANTED THEIR AVATAR TO GO, AND THE AVATAR WOULD TELEPORT THERE INSTANTLY.
NO WALKING, NO OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE.
LATER, CUSTOMERS ASKED TO NAME THE TOP THINGS ABOUT IMVU THEY LIKED THE BEST: CONSISTENTLY LIST “AVATAR TELEPORTATION” AMONG THE TOP THREE AND OFTEN DESCRIBE IT AS “MORE ADVANCED THAN ‘THE SIMS’”