Announcements: Vivaty Scenes Adds Social Scenes, Avatar Customization
San Francisco-based developer Vivaty announced that it expanded its Vivaty Scenes platform to include virtual pet dogs, social scenes, and avatar customization features.
Recently brought into public beta, Vivaty Scenes utilizes Vivaty's 3D spaces platform to offer embeddable virtual spaces as a Facebook application and as an application module for AOL's instant messenger.
The new updates allow users to go beyond avatar templates and choose from over 200 options for hairstyles, tops, and bottoms. Users can also add a customizable virtual pet dog to their virtual space. The puppy will bark, pant, and respond to avatar actions.
Social Scenes are a lot like already existing personal virtual spaces, but are presented with a theme that users can interact with and share content around. The initial scenes are themed around fashion, celebrity gossip, and web videos, but Vivaty is inviting users to submit ideas for future scenes.
The company also hinted that it will launch its platform on a new social network in the near future.
Comments
Oh, hey, let's all sing, dance and rejoice. Vivaty is launching 3D dogs and new hairstyles for your avatar. OMG, this is a new low for PR-hungry companies. How can you give airtime to this useless dribble of so-called "news"? BTW: have you tried Vivaty? First, you're lucky if you can even launch the damn thing since it doesn't work on Macs or on Firefox (what year are we living in anyways? 1999?). Second, it's a totally useless and buggy application that has like 20 users on Facebook. Please!
Posted by: Jenny from the Block | August 23, 2008 6:41 PM