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Re:Microsoft acquires AltspaceVR by idibidiart on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @11:51PM (#15398145)
OnLive Traveler came much earlier

My friend worked on it back in the 90s told me about it. It was licensed to MTV. Huge cult following.

I found this: https://archive.org/details/vw_traveler-bill_gates

Re:Microsoft acquires AltspaceVR by BatFastard on Friday October 06, 2017 @09:46PM (#15421790)
Indeed there was a number of previous generation virtual worlds using VRML. Lets say they left a lot to be desired.