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Mingleverse Creates New Virtual Meeting Space
December 7, 2009 By Jim Stanton
Have you heard of Mingleverse? It's one of the newest Media 2.0 trends.Mingleverse Laboratories Inc. (www.mingleverse.com) is a multiple award winning start-up company providing participants with the newest form of online and mobile communications.
The National Hockey League Vancouver Canucks are one of the first organizations to use Mingleverse to create virtual meeting spots where fans can wander around and chat in 3-D sound.
Up to 50 people can can convene in virtual meeting spots and interact with a 3-D voice, audio and visual telecommunications as though they were meeting together in real life.
Mingleverse allows participants to share presentations with people in the room, show videos and share slide presentations and other content.
Along with sports teams, the idea has attracted the attention of Disney Interactive Studios who see potential for giving kids a way to met with their favorite Disney characters. Howard Donaldson, Disney's Vice President of Studio Operations said," I think it is something really unique and it represents the future of how people are going to communicate and collaborate."
The MingleRoom service delivers the first "Immersive Social Communications Experience" with natural, human interactions through the use of immersive 3D voice, sound, graphics and video.
MingleRooms are available for everyone that wants to engage others personally from across the city or from across the world in a way that feels just as real as being there!
MingleRooms can be configured instantly to accommodate from 2 people to groups of up to 50 people simultaneously - all through a simple click of web browser and without having to leave home.
Within the first six weeks of its operations more than 10,000 mingles had been hosted at the site.
Mingles can be open to the public or they can be invitation only. Hosts can determine if they will be free or charge an admission. Mingles also chart the carbon emissions saved by the virtual meetings.
The company which is privately funded, recently received seed money from Telefilm Canada for its upcoming uVenu projects for entertainment-based mingles.
Stand by for more developments!
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