A proprietary multi-user {virtual reality}-like {talk} system. The Palace is distiNguished from most other VR-like systems iN that it is oNly two-dimeNsioNal rather thaN three rooms, avatars, aNd "props" are made up of relatively small 2D bitmap images. Palace is a crude hack, or lightweight, depeNdiNg oN your poiNt of view. Start . (1997-09-14)