About Second Life Viewer
To explore, communicate, and connect in Second Life, you'll need to download our 3D browsing software, or what we call the SL Viewer. It's not only fast and easy to download and install, but it's free and contains no spyware.
Other Viewers
Advanced Second Life residents may want to experiment with different viewers, including our latest release candidate of the SL Viewer.
A pop-up to download IMVU Desktop (macOS) will appear. Follow the instructions on the screen to download IMVU Desktop (macOS). Once the download is complete, you will now be able to join Live Rooms on your desktop. Each month 7 million people visit IMVU where they spend an average of 55 minutes per day, chatting, playing games, and making new friends. No wonder IMVU was rated a top 10 favorite social app among genZ and millennials in 2020.
Help make the SL Viewer even better! If you're an experienced Resident, then download one of the latest release candidate or project SL Viewers and let us know what you think.
Alternate viewers can be found on our Release Notes page, including Project Viewers, Third-Party Viewers, and the Second Life Development Viewer.
Problems Installing on Mac?
1. Introduction
IMVU offers real-life experiences in a virtual world. You can chat and hang out with friends, make new friendships, go to parties, play games on the beach, go shopping, even fall in love. Anything can happen, the odds are endless.
You can also become an IMVU Creator. If you like fashion and love creating products, you can sell them in the IMVU Catalog and make money.
To learn more about how to become a creator and the Creator Program, read the article How to Become an IMVU Creator.
Are you ready to have fun? This tutorial will guide you through the downloading and installing IMVU process.
2. Requirements
IMVU recommends a constant Broadband Internet Connection.
Below are the Operating System (OS) and Hardware Requirements for running IMVU on your computer.
- Mac
- OS X 10.7 or later.
- 2 GB RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel GMA 950 video card.
- If you have a Mac Mini or later, you should be set.
To find your OS and Hardware Information, click the icon in the upper left hand corner of your computer screen, then choose About This Mac.
- Windows
- Windows 7 SP 1 or later.
- 1 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM, Intel GMA 950 video card or better, 2 GB free disk space.
You can find your OS and Hardware Information by clicking on the Start button ➞ Settings ➞ System ➞ About .
3. Download IMVU Installer
The instructions below will show you how to download the IMVU Desktop App step by step according to your Operating System.
Click on one of the links below (Mac or Windows) to get started.
| Download for Mac |
| Download for Windows |
For your iDevice, download our IMVU Mobile App from iTunes.
For your Android Device, download our IMVU Mobile App from Google Play.
4. Install IMVU Desktop App
The instructions below will show you how to install the IMVU Desktop App step by step according to your Operating System.
Click on one of the links below (Mac or Windows) to get started.
| Install on Mac |
| Install on Windows |