ClackPoint mixes live text chat, conference calling and document sharing.

Earlier virtual worlds, with the exception of Traveler (1996), offered only text chat.

Despite hospital restrictions preventing a video feed, the live text chat had over 400 viewers.

Through text chat, she reveals her name to be Lycoris.

Video calls - Video chat and text chat between a total of 12 people at a time.

Through their avatars, members can communicate in real-time using emotions, body language, text chat and voice to express themselves.

When you put text chat in parallel with a voice conference call, magical things happen.

Although only text chat is supported, Microsoft has suggested that voice and video chatting may come in a future update.

The greatest virtue of text chat is that it fits well with multitasking.

Some also respond to text chat, and human responses to them can influence their choice of tactics.