Twinity Exclusive: THE SPIRIT enters Twinity

Sony Pictures and CineStar have teamed up to bring THE SPIRIT to Twinity, the 3D online world developed and operated by Metaversum. From 2 February, before the official movie release of this comic strip adaptation, Twinity’s community can look forward to a host of themed events, a competition, and the chance to win some exclusive prizes. A particular highlight is a THE SPIRIT mask, which enables its wearer to see virtual Berlin in the look of the movie.

Make sure you sign up for a FREE account in twinity – http://www.twinity.com

Berlin, 29 January 2009 – It’s the turn of a new masked superhero to enter the 3D online world Twinity: THE SPIRIT, the latest movie to be promoted by Sony Pictures and CineStar in Twinity’s virtual CUBIX cinema before the official movie release.

For the very first time, the Twinity 3D community can get into the spirit of the movie outside the cinema as part of the THE SPIRIT promotion. Wearing a THE SPIRIT mask transforms the entire online world into the look of the comic strip adaptation – in black-and-white and brilliant red. Twinity is inviting all its masked members to take part in a screenshot and machinima competition. The most creative photos or movies shot in THE SPIRIT look and submitted to contest@twinity.com by 28 February have the chance to win exciting themed prizes.

Movie Trailer The Spirit : 1 million + views – launching in Twinity, 3D online world Feb 2nd 2009

Review – Virtual Dating Tourism & You – twinity

An introduction & in-depth review of twinity by Dan Simmons of the BBC program CLICK

Virtual Dating, Virtual Friends, Virtual Tourism, Virtual Collaboration, Virtual Shopping, Virtual Families & Virtual YOU – all in twinity

Video Courtesy of CLICK – BBC

Twinity on BBC’s Click program – itsReal

Over the weekend, Twinity was featured in a Click episode on the BBC. You can watch the episode by choosing your preferred video format and bit rate from “The Show” section on that page. The piece on Twinity starts at about the 1 minute mark and continues for about 8 minutes. There’s also a written piece about Twinity accompanying the show.

Wouldn’t it be weird if you could create a copy of you, so there were two of you wandering around, in two places at the same time.

The piece does a good job of showing the vision of Twinity – enhancing your real life.

Jochen Hummel, Metaversum: “With Twinity you are not escaping from your life but rather you are enhancing your life. It is a platform for doing a lot of things. Some people want to stay in touch with friends and family, you can do this in Twinity.”

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It’s a social environment for meeting people, visiting galleries, or online shopping. Users are encouraged to create avatars that look just like them so they’ll be recognised, and to use their real names.

It’s also a space for virtual tourism. The realism of this platform could help you plan a trip here, or just help you get your bearings before you arrive.

It’s a fun piece to watch. Enjoy!

Check out the Click Program : http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/ProgrammeMultiFeature.aspx?id=18

Remember to JOIN twinity www.twinity.com its FREE and meet up to 80,000 other Twinizens !

Twinity on BBC’s Click program – itsReal

Check out the Click Program : http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/ProgrammeMultiFeature.aspx?id=18

Remember to JOIN twinity www.twinity.com its FREE and meet up to 80,000 other Twinizens !

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Over the weekend, Twinity was featured in a Click episode on the BBC. You can watch the episode by choosing your preferred video format and bit rate from “The Show” section on that page. The piece on Twinity starts at about the 1 minute mark and continues for about 8 minutes. There’s also a written piece about Twinity accompanying the show.

Wouldn’t it be weird if you could create a copy of you, so there were two of you wandering around, in two places at the same time.

The piece does a good job of showing the vision of Twinity – enhancing your real life.

Jochen Hummel, Metaversum: “With Twinity you are not escaping from your life but rather you are enhancing your life. It is a platform for doing a lot of things. Some people want to stay in touch with friends and family, you can do this in Twinity.”

…

It’s a social environment for meeting people, visiting galleries, or online shopping. Users are encouraged to create avatars that look just like them so they’ll be recognised, and to use their real names.

It’s also a space for virtual tourism. The realism of this platform could help you plan a trip here, or just help you get your bearings before you arrive.

It’s a fun piece to watch. Enjoy!

Check out the Click Program : http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/ProgrammeMultiFeature.aspx?id=18

Remember to JOIN twinity www.twinity.com its FREE and meet up to 80,000 other Twinizens !

Mirko Caspar to Speak at Virtual Worlds Forum London – itsReal

Metaversum’s Mirko Caspar CMO for Twinity will be speaking at the Second VWF, if in London between 6 & 7 October 08 – drop by and catch up with him, he knows all the stuff u want to know about twinity (wink) – his panel are speaking on….

Web 2.0 strategy and virtual worlds

Integrating virtual worlds into your web 2.0 strategy – harnessing social networks, virtual worlds and MMOs to create community

• Playing to the strengths of social networks and virtual worlds – what are they each good at?
• How can they be mixed and for what? What role might casual gaming play in their integration?
• What should a mass market casual virtual world look like?
• How interested are social network players in adding virtual worlds to their offerings? How is partnering developing?
• Will virtual worlds grow into social networks themselves? How good are they at supporting them?
• Looking at the collision of mobile social networks and virtual worlds – where will people consume?

Raph Koster, President, Metaplace
Marco Behrmann, CIO & Entropia Universe Community Director, MindArk PE AB
Mirko Caspar, CMO & Co-founder, Metaversum
Burckhardt Bonello, Founder & CEO, sMeet
Stuart Dredge, Freelance journalist and blogger, covering games, music and technology

Metaversum Twinity Real World Media Event – itsReal

Metaversum – Twinity opens for global PUBLIC beta – itsReal – Mayor Opens Virtual Berlin – whilst Twinity becomes open beta Metaversum GmbH, developer and operator of the 3D online world Twinity, today entered its public beta phase. At the press conference in Berlin, Berlin’s mayor Klaus Wowereit opened the virtual counterpart of Germany’s capital city in Twinity.

Berlin’s mayor Klaus Wowereit opened the virtual counterpart of Germany’s capital city in Twinity

Singapore, London, and many other international metropolises are set to follow in the near future. Read more at: https://aplink.wordpress.com

Metaversum - Twinity opens for global PUBLIC beta - itsReal

Key to Virtual City Berlin

Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, opens Virtual Berlin

Information on Metaversum and Twinity:

Metaversum develops and operates the 3D online world Twinity. Twinity links the real with the virtual world based on realistic replicas of the world’s most vibrant metropolises in 3D. Twinity members can experience virtual cities first hand, engage with real people in real cities, create personal avatars, design and live in 3D homes, communicate with friends, work or just have fun together. Twinity adds an extra dimension to real life and real cities, expanding and enriching it with all the possibilities of a virtual world. Twinity is currently in its public beta phase. Founded in July 2006 and financed by leading venture capital firms, Metaversum has offices in Berlin and Kiev. For more information, see http://www.metaversum.com and http://www.twinity.com.

Media Release: Twinity opens for global PUBLIC beta – itsReal

Mayor Opens Virtual Berlin – whilst Twinity becomes open beta

Metaversum GmbH, developer and operator of the 3D online world Twinity, today entered its public beta phase. At the press conference in Berlin, Berlin’s mayor Klaus Wowereit opened the virtual counterpart of Germany’s capital city in Twinity. Singapore, London, and many other international metropolises are set to follow in the near future.

Singapore, 07 September 2008 – At a press conference in Berlin Metaversum GmbH gave the starting signal for the public beta phase of its virtual world Twinity. During this test phase, internet users can venture out and explore virtual Berlin from anywhere in the world. Singapore, London, and many other international metropolises are set to follow in the near future.

During the launch event, Berlin’s mayor Klaus Wowereit was presented with the symbolic key to the virtual city. “Innovative projects from Berlin like Twinity enable people from all around the world to experience the creative metropolis of Berlin on the internet. This opens up a whole new dimension to Berlin. We’re especially happy to see how many new international visitors and inhabitants virtual Berlin has already gained in the last few days,” commented Wowereit.

Germany’s capital is the first city to be rendered in the virtual world. Twinity members can now experience virtual Berlin first hand. From the Brandenburg Gate to Alexanderplatz and Hackescher Markt, members can visit virtual galleries, bars, and clubs, go shopping, meet new people, and even move in and furnish their own virtual apartments. During the public beta phase, Twinity will be constantly tested and updated, new content will be added, and the platform will be optimized with the help of member feedback.

“Our vision is clear,” said Jochen Hummel, CEO of Metaversum GmbH. “This is a trusted environment within a virtual world, lifelike, and based on real metropolises. People can live, work, and have fun here. They can also beam themselves straight into the world’s most attractive cities with a single click. With the launch of our public beta phase, we have laid the foundation for Twinity’s international rollout.”

Pictured: Jochen Hummel, Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit & Mirko Caspar

All those interested in visiting Twinity can now register for the public beta at www.twinity.com.

Mirko Caspar CMO Twinity named Leading Visionary – itsReal

IBM, SUN, METAVERSUM & SIMUTRONICS JOIN VASTPARK, AVALOOP, CCP GAMES, CODEMASTERS&RIVERS RUN RED TO SPEAK AT CONFERENCE IN LONDON, 10th JULY

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June 19th, 2008

More at www.viswebconvention.com

These key players are all at the forefront of developing the de facto standards for virtual world platforms. They all lend their inside view to the vital debate about the opportunity and direction of virtual worlds and the visual web for the next 6-12 months.

This is a welcome chance to catch up with some of the leading developers who are behind the revolution of interactive digital brands, games and business communications on the emerging immersive Visual Web. Together they will enlighten the audience on the near-term opportunities, risks and rewards for developers, agencies, publishers and corporates; tying in the key but disparate issues right now of widgets&gadgets, virtual worlds, games and social networks.

The current head-count of 10 leading visionaries speaking at the conference includes:

• Dr Mirko Caspar– CMO, Metaversum a leading virtual worlds developer

• Neil Harris– Executive VP, Simultronics developer of the HeroEngine

• Bruce Joy – CEO of virtual worlds platform developer VastPark

• Thomas Bidaux -Development VP virtual world games developer Avaloop

• David Solari – VP Online games publisher Codemasters

• Thor Gunnarsson – VP CCP Games (Eve Online)

• Bernard Horan – Senior Engineer Sun Microsystems (the Wonderland platform)

• Rob Davis – CEO Solaris Media a leading developer of casual virtual world games for broadcasters (e.g. UKTV, BBC)

• Justin Bovington – CEO Rivers Run Red a leading in-world brands and media communications agency

• Ian Hughes– Metaverse Evangelist IBM

The sessions provide delegates with a 6–12 month strategy roadmap based on clear case studies for monetizing the Visual Web and online communities.

More details MVC

Dr. Mirko Caspar joins the AVW Global Ambassadors Program – itsReal

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Dr. Mirko Caspar joins the AVW Global Ambassadors Program

Co-Founder and CMO for Metaversum GmbH, developer and operator of the 3D online world www.twinity.com, Mirko Caspar accepts invitation to be part of the Association of Virtual Worlds Global Ambassadors Program.

Singapore, 18 June 2008 – At the invitation of the Association of Virtual Worlds, Mirko Caspar, co-founder and CMO for Metaversum GmbH is pleased to become an AVW Global Ambassador representing Germany in this vital and growing association and worldwide network of professionals interested in forwarding the cause of Virtual Worlds development.

“The AVW is about outreach and education. Reaching out through our global membership to all corners of the physical world will allow the AVW to more quickly and efficiently, through the entire range of international perspectives, demonstrate the power of virtual worlds to bring people together, as if in person, despite distance, I warmly welcome MR. Caspar as a Global Ambassador” says Dave Elchoness, Executive Director, AVW.

In this voluntary capacity Mirko Caspar will seek to fulfill the programs aims. The Global Ambassadors program is meant to ensure that the AVW’s positive message about virtual worlds has a truly global reach. Global Ambassadors seek out new members for the AVW in their geographic area of the physical world. They also inform the AVW leadership and membership of particular virtual worlds-related items coming out of their geographic area that may be of interest.

“I am extremely pleased and honored to be invited to be a part the AVW Global Ambassadors Program and look forward to bringing a positive impact to the growth of AVW here in my home country, Germany and around the globe,” said Mirko Caspar.

About Metaversum and Twinity:

Metaversum develops and operates the 3D online world Twinity. This visionary endeavor mashes up the real with the virtual world. Twinity offers its members the ability to populate the digital world with their own avatars, design 3D homes, communicate with friends, engage in shared media experiences, work or simply have fun. Members of the Twinity community enrich and expand their lives by integrating real life into the virtual world. Twinity is currently in its private beta phase. Founded in July 2006 and financed by leading venture capital firms, Metaversum has offices in Berlin and Kiev. For more information: www.metaversum.com and www.twinity.com.

About Association of Virtual Worlds:

The Association of Virtual Words is a global industry association for the rapidly growing virtual worlds industry. It serves as a resource for those wishing to experiment and explore virtual worlds for work or play. The Association’s mission is to educate, network, recruit, and further the membership’s collective goals. For more information please visit www.assocaitionofvirtualworlds.com

Metaversum fills Key Roles for Twinity.com – itsReal

Lars Smidt and Andreas van de Castel join Metaversum

Metaversum GmbH, developer and operator of the 3D online world www.twinity.com, expands its team in preparation for the launch.

Lars Smidt and Andreas van de Castel join MetaversumMetaversum GmbH, developer and operator of the 3D online world http://www.twinity.com, expands its team in preparation for the launch.Lars Smidt (36) and Andreas van de Castel (27) join Metaversum GmbH with immediate effect as Head of Online Marketing and Head of Product Management respectively. In his new position, Lars Smidt is responsible for all online marketing activities for the virtual world, Twinity. Andreas van de Castel is responsible for the conceptional design and implementation of new community features in Twinity. “Lars Smidt and Andreas van de Castel have many years’ experience working in successful internet companies. The focus of Lars Smidt’s previous position at FriendScout24 was on the acquisition of new members. He will now be performing this key task for Twinity, as well as promoting communication both with and within the user community. Andreas van de Castel played a decisive role in shaping product development at studiVZ. We are very happy to welcome such capable reinforcements for these key areas,” confirms Dr. Mirko Caspar, CMO of Metaversum GmbH.Lars Smidt joins Metaversum GmbH from FriendScout24, the largest German-language dating platform, where he worked as Head of Online Marketing. Andreas van de Castel was previously employed as Head of Product Management at studiVZ, Germany’s largest online social network.You can find out more about Twinity at: http://www.twinity.com

About Metaversum:

Metaversum develops and operates the 3D online world Twinity. This visionary endeavor mashes up the real with the virtual world. Twinity offers its members the ability to populate the digital world with their own avatars, design 3D homes, communicate with friends, engage in shared media experiences, work or simply have fun. Members of the Twinity community enrich and expand their lives by integrating real life into the virtual world. Twinity is currently in its private beta phase. Founded in July 2006 and financed by leading venture capital firms, Metaversum has offices in Berlin and Kiev.

For more information: http://www.metaversum.com and http://www.twinity.com.