Screenshot of an art installation Jibe world at the Virtual Broad Art Museum

Jibe is a multiuser 3d virtual world platform accessible via a web browser or standalone client.

Developed by ReactionGrid, Jibe allows you to design and manage your own virtual world which can either be hosted by ReactionGrid or fully installed on your own servers. With a single click install and no browser restart, users can instantly be in your fully customized multiuser 3d virtual world.

Jibe Architecture:
The Jibe platform is an extensible architecture that uses a middleware abstraction layer to communicate with multiple backend systems (currently SmartFox & Photon) and frontends (currently Unity3D, ready for WebGL). Current deployments of Jibe worlds utilize the Unity3D web plugin, with iOS and Android support under development.

The Unity3D Editor:
Using the Unity3D Editor to build your Jibe world gives you access to a professional development environment with professional quality graphics, physics and sound. You can create 3d assets within the Editor or import assets created with any industry standard 3d modeling program (Maya, Blender, Lightwave, Google Sketchup, 3D Studio Max, Autodesk, & more). The Unity3D Editor also supports scripting in C#, Javascript and Boo, allowing you to design highly interactive environments and objects.

Additional Features and Services:
Additional features include customizable 3D avatars, private/public text chat, support for high user concurrency, Vivox voice integration, hooks for Augmented Reality/SCADA/robotics/telemetry applications, a built-in registration database, detailed logging of inworld events and user tracking, and the ability to integrate with existing user databases like LDAP, Facebook Connect, LMS and CMS.

ReactionGrid also offers classes and tutorials on how to set up and manage your Jibe world, as well as ongoing customer support. We are also available for custom development work, and our Jibe Marketplace offers additional scripts, objects, media files and web components to help you get up to speed quickly.

For more information, please see ReactionGrid's Product Page, this Online Slideshow, and this collection of 5-minute Jibe Tutorial Videos.

Screenshot of a group meeting in Jibe at John Lester's Jibe Office

John "Pathfinder" Lester is Chief Learning Officer at ReactionGrid Inc. Visit his Jibe world online and check out his blog to learn more about his weekly Office Hours and Live Tutorials for people interested in learning more about Unity3D and Jibe.

Screenshot of a Jibe world designed for employee training at Microsoft

We have a very active Jibe-Unity3D Google Group for people who want to learn more about how to create virtual worlds on the web using Jibe and Unity3D. Please feel free to join and introduce yourself. It's a great place to find collaborators, ask questions and share project ideas!

Screenshot of a Jibe world embedded as a Facebook App

• Jibe World: Virtual Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University
• Jibe World: John "Pathfinder" Lester's Jibe Office
• Jibe World: Im-Tel Workspace
• Jibe World: University of Idaho Virtual Technology and Design
• Jibe World: Department of Energy / National Park Service
• Jibe World: NOAA
• Jibe World: Rutgers
• Tutorial Videos about Jibe
• Tutorial Blog Posts about Jibe
• Unity3d Editor: "Learning the Interface"
• Unity3d Editor: "How to import objects from popular 3d apps"
• Unity3d Editor: "Scripting Overview"
• Unity3d Editor: "How do I use Water?"
• Unity3d Editor: "How do I create and use Normal Maps?"
• Unity3d Editor: "Terrain"
• Free Mesh Models: NASA
• Free Mesh Models: ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning) 3D Repository
• My FAVORITE place for content (both free and for sale): The Unity Asset Store