Worlds.com - Launched 1994 -Business Week

During the first dot-com boom, Worlds.com built 3D virtual worlds for bands such as Aerosmith and for corporations such as IBM, Visa, and Coca-Cola. Site visitors created avatars with customized clothing and also designed their own environments. The company says the lack of widespread broadband connections is to blame for the forward-thinking site not catching on broadly way back in the 1990s. Worlds.com is still active and chief executive Thom Kidrin says the company is currently restructuring.