MENLO PARK, CA--(Marketwire - July 8, 2008) - Vivaty Inc. today launched the public beta
of Vivaty Scenes, a fun new way for people to personalize a virtual scene
and then socialize with friends. Entirely browser-based and available
publicly on both Facebook and AOL's AIM service, Vivaty Scenes is built on
the company's end-to-end Immersive Web platform, which is designed to
enable visually rich, engaging virtual experiences across a broad range of
social networks, communities, brands, and online destinations.
"Vivaty Scenes transforms a user's everyday social network or IM client
visit into a more expressive, visually engaging, and fun experience," said
Keith McCurdy, Vivaty co-founder and CEO. "There is an undeniable trend
towards new levels of socialization and engagement on the web, and we have
removed the technology barriers preventing users from having a more
immersive web experience. This is the first of several products on the
Vivaty platform and we're excited to make it available on a massive
scale."
Vivaty's immersive platform is built to power a broad range of distributed
virtual experiences that can live inside any browser-based community,
service or site. The company recently launched as one of the first featured
mini-applications on AOL's popular instant messaging service, AIM. Both AIM
and Facebook users can socialize and share photos, videos, and music, all
inside their personal virtual scenes. In addition to personal scenes,
Vivaty's platform will also power broader virtual experiences for major
global brands. The first branded virtual experience on the Vivaty platform
is also available to Facebook consumers today.
Vivaty Scenes Let Users:
-- Choose a scene to share with AIM and Facebook friends
-- Personalize it with hundreds of objects and make it uniquely yours
-- Share your photos from the web, Flickr, and Facebook on your walls
-- Invite friends to watch your favorite YouTube videos on virtual TVs
-- Chat or leave notes for friends
-- Have a virtual party!
Getting Vivaty
Vivaty Scenes is a free service currently available on Facebook and AIM
6.8, and the platform currently supports Windows XP/Vista and IE 6 or 7.
More information is available at
www.vivaty.com.
About Vivaty
Vivaty's vision is to make the Immersive Web a reality by transforming the
flat web into a more visually rich and expressive experience that amplifies
socialization and engagement. The company's web platform is designed to
enable distributed virtual experiences anywhere on the web. Founded in
2007, Vivaty is led by a team of web, gaming, and graphics experts, and is
backed by venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), and
Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV). For more information, please visit
www.vivaty.com.
Contact Information: Contact:
Jesse Odell or Melissa Klein
LaunchSquad
415-625-8555
vivaty@launchsquad.com
