Special Guest – MTV VJ Joko Winterscheidt in virtual Berlin

Special Guest – MTV VJ Joko Winterscheidt in virtual Berlin Premiere: German Garment launch party at virtual Weekend Club – Live DJ set meets fashion show.

Berlin, 1 September 2009 – Twinity, the world’s first mirror world made of real people and real places, is hosting a music meets fashion event on Friday, 4 September in collaboration with German newcomer fashion label German Garment. German Garment is celebrating the launch of its first collection in virtual Berlin in Twinity. And what better place for a party than Berlin’s legendary Weekend Club. German Garment is a Berlin-based fashion label founded by actor Matthias Schweighöfer, MTV VJ Joko Winterscheidt, Berlin designer Kilian Kerner, and Sebastian Radlmeier, better known as DJ Sebrok and founder of the music label PASO Music, who teamed up to produce fresh, urban design that is completely ‘Made in Germany’. The result is German Garment, which recently premiered at the Berlin Fashion Week. The musical accompaniment to the show will be provided by DJ Sebrok, who will be manning the decks and spinning his trademark dark techno sounds across Weekend Club. During the whole show, DJ Sebrok and VJ Joko will be hanging out in person to chat and answer all your questions. The first German Garment t-shirts will hit the shops in February; the online-shop on www.germangarment.com will be online from 3 October. Twinity members have the chance to be ahead of the crowd: Three t-shirts from the new collection, exclusively signed by Matthias Schweighöfer, are up for grabs in Twinity! And all Twinizens who come along on the night can get their hands on a free virtual German Garment t-shirt for their avatar. What? German Garment launch party Where? Weekend Club in virtual Berlin When? Friday, 4 September from 18:00 CET The virtual world Twinity is currently in public Beta. Register for free membership at www.twinity.com and start exploring the world today.

Information about Metaversum and Twinity: Metaversum develops and operates the 3D mirror world Twinity. The vision behind Twinity is to bring the real and the virtual world closer together by building realistic replicas of the world’s most vibrant cities in 3D. Berlin and Singapore have already launched in Twinity, with London set to follow soon. Twinity members can create a personal avatar, explore real cities virtually, move into a 3D home, chat with friends, work, get creative, or just have fun together. Twinity offers businesses new ways of engaging with real people in real virtual cities. Through virtual shops and branded presences, inworld ad campaigns, product placements, and real and virtual sponsored events, Twinity lets you enter into a genuine, emotive dialog with your target group. Twinity is currently in public Beta and open for business. Founded in July 2006 and financed by leading venture capital firms, Metaversum has offices in Berlin, Singapore, Kiev, and Potsdam. More information can be found at www.metaversum.com and www.twinity.com.

Geepers From Pet Penguins To Flame Throwers: The Biggest Sellers In The Virtual World – Forbes.com

APLINK is going to create a “Banana Guru Virtual Gallery Shop” and sell like mad in Twinity, Facebook wherever someone needs the comfort of a virtual banana guru meditation figurine…

In no time, virtual goods have become a major piece of the revenue pie at all kinds of internet companies, from social networks to portals.

Chinese portal Tencent pulled in nearly $1 billion last year from the sale of virtual goods, while Facebook earns between $50 million and $100 million.

With serious questions about whether the digital advertising market will ever return to anything like it’s old self, more people are starting to talk about virtual goods as part of the solution moving forward.

So what the heck are people buying in the virtual world? Below, the top sellers from three of the leading virtual-goods companies, Tencent, Playdom and Zynga.

Tencent:

—Virtual good: Premium instant messaging

—What it is: includes more bandwidth for photos, ringtones and other media.

—Virtual good: Pet penguins

—What it is: for a small fee, users can have an animated penguin running around their desktop and IM client (pigs and bears are also available).

—Virtual good: Page decorations

—What it is: users pay to decorate their pages with wallpaper and other adornments.

via From Pet Penguins To Flame Throwers: The Biggest Sellers In The Virtual World – Forbes.com.

Event: Web Wednesday – Making Virtual Money – itsReal

If you’re into or been curious about virtual worlds and have been wondering about business models, then maybe you should attend Wed Wednesday Singapore’s next event on Making Virtual Money.

Ken Lim, Country Manager of Habbo, a socially networked virtual world, will be sharing some of his insights on how to make money in the virtual world.

This is an OPEN event – come along and network.

Geek Terminal Singapore – March 25th 2009 from 630pm

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