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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1


                         [LATHAM & WATKINS LETTERHEAD]


                                 April 27, 1999

InterVU Inc.
6815 Flanders Drive
San Diego, California  92121

          Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-75283;
               2,875,000 Shares of Common Stock, Par Value $.001 Per Share

Ladies and Gentlemen: 

            In connection with the registration by InterVU Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") of 2,875,000 shares of common stock of the Company,
par value $.001 per share (the "Shares"), under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), on a Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 30, 1999 (File
No. 333-75283), as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the Commission on April
16, 1999 and Amendment No. 2 filed with the Commission on April 27, 1999
(collectively, the "Registration Statement"), you have requested our opinion
with respect to the matters set forth below.

            In our capacity as your counsel in connection with such
registration, we are familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be
taken by the Company in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of
the Shares, and for the purposes of this opinion, have assumed such proceedings
will be timely completed in the manner presently proposed.  In addition, we have
made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries, including an examination
of originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of
such documents, corporate records and instruments, as we have deemed necessary
or appropriate for purposes of this opinion.
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InterVU Inc.
April 27, 1999
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            In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and
the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us
as copies.

            We are opining herein as to the effect on the subject transaction
only of the General Corporation Law of the Sate of Delaware, and we express no
opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the
laws of any other jurisdiction or any other laws, or as to any matters of
municipal law or the laws of any other local agencies with the state.

            Subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Shares have
been duly authorized, and, upon issuance, delivery and payment therefor in the
manner contemplated by the Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable.

            We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration and to the reference to our firm contained under the heading "Legal
Matters."


                                        Very truly yours,

                                        /s/ LATHAM & WATKINS