As an EvE fanboy I'll fill you guys in on this. This was part of an expansion called Incarna. The Carbon engine they created for this is pretty strange. Yes, the level of detail you can put into dudes is ridiculous, I spent hours doing my characters. That said, the actual use of it (walking in stations) is horrifically bad. Its one of those types of FPS designs where you use the "a" and "d" keys to turn instead of strafe. The hair effects are also pretty terrible, no bouncing or motion.
This whole project actually caused a complete hell-storm in EvE. This project took something close to 6 years to complete (the dude managing it is Old Garde and good buddies with the CEO), and people were mad that it was taking away dev resources from the actual game (referenced as Flying in Space vs Walking in Stations.)
When it was finally released it was non-optional and a massive resource hog (required a very good computer), and worst of all the only thing you could do was walk around an area called the "Captains Quarters" which was basically a room with a couch. This was after 6 years of them talking about this. A LOT of people unsubbed after what was considered the single worst expansion in EvE's history, and it caused a lot of problems for CCP. They ended up having to lay off/fire a large amount of their workforce including delaying/cancelling development of World of Darkness. In the end the CEO actually wrote a public apology to the EvE players.
Things have turned around recently though, there was an excellent expansion that just came out and a lot of people are coming back, but Incarna will go down as the single worst expansion that EvE ever saw.