Wrapping up the week at Metaversum, October 31, 2008
Highlights from the past week:
- Twinity’s Halloween Party!
- Nice articles about Twinity, noted on the Twinity blog
Happy Halloween everyone!
Archive for October, 2008
Wrapping up last week at Metaversum, October 25, 2008
There are really two big highlights from this past week to report:
Have a good weekend!
Metaversum Awarded Funding in Co-space™ program in Singapore
Metaversum, developer and operator of the 3D online world Twinity, has been awarded funding from the mutli-agency IDM R&D Programme Office hosted by the Media Development Authority of Singapore to develop geo-tagging and geo-located media streaming in Twinity. In another part of this project Metaversum will also development advanced virtual city building tools to facilitate the construction of virtual Singapore in Twinity. Metaversum has already begun signing up local media, content, and brand partners in preparation for next year’s launch of virtual Singapore in Twinity. (more…)
The BBC News report: “Virtual worlds carve out new path”
The BBC recently ran a story titled “Virtual worlds carve out new path“. The article features a section based on an interview with our CEO, Jochen Hummel. On that page, this interview is the second video, towards the middle of the page.
Some highlights of what the BBC reported:
Capturing the twin trends of social networking and fascination with 3D worlds, the Berlin-based firm is creating a backdrop that allows users to hang out in some of the world’s most famous cities.
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“Fantasy worlds give you freedom and allow you to fly but the fantasy element limits them for the real world,” said Jochen Hummel, the chief executive of Metaversum, the company behind Twinity.
The story was also picked on, among other places, at:
Cross-posted on the Twinity blog
Wrapping up the last several weeks at Metaversum, October 18, 2008
Sorry that it’s been almost a month, so here’s some updates:
- Big news of this past week: Quantum of Solace in Twinity!
- We had another Twinity release
- Some announcements about Twinity in Singapore, or Singapore in Twinity
- Shopping in Twinity
- And if you use all your Globals shopping, get a job!
- Other parties: Freak Scene, Motor Club, the Zitty reader lounge
More on virtual worlds funding
Seems like a few people have put together lists that show virtual world funding from the recent quarters. You can see the lists and read more thoughts on it at:
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