Singapore’s National Day Celebrations Go Global in Twinity’s Orchard Virtual

As an official sponsor of the National Day Parade 09, Twinity is taking the celebration global. For the very first time, a worldwide audience can take part in the festivities at Orchard Virtual to mark Singapore’s national holiday, in conjunction with the upcoming launch of virtual Singapore.

Singapore, 10 July 2009 – Metaversum, developer of Twinity, the world’s first mirror world – a virtual world made of real people and real places – today announced that Twinity is an official sponsor of Singapore’s National Day Parade 2009. This year, Singapore fans can celebrate their national holiday at Marina Bay, in the Heartlands, and from anywhere in the world in Orchard Virtual, Twinity.

Singapore is Twinity’s second international capital and follows hot on the heels of virtual Berlin. The first district to open is the area around Orchard Road (Orchard Virtual), the retail and entertainment hub of downtown Singapore.

Twinity’s NDP celebration will be open to all for free and will showcase Singapore to a worldwide audience. Visitors to Twinity on National Day will see a multimedia extravaganza, featuring integrated web, audio, video, and photo collections, an interactive quiz, themed virtual items, and a dance party. Other exciting events and appearances will be announced soon.

Come together @ Orchard Virtual: Get a sneak peak of virtual Singapore now and get ready for the biggest day in the Singaporean calendar. Sign up to Twinity at www.twinity.com/en/singapore and be one of the first to explore orchard virtual Singapore and bring the city to life, even before the official opening.

Twinity is supported by the multi-agency Interactive Digital Media R&D Programme Office (IDMPO) hosted by the Media Development Authority of Singapore. IDMPO was established in 2006 under the mandate of the National Research Foundation to deepen Singapore’s research capabilities in interactive digital media (IDM), fuel innovation and shape the future of media.

The virtual world Twinity is currently in public Beta. Register for free membership at www.twinity.com and start exploring the world today.

Watch the Twinity NDP press video here.

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Have a look at LionCity

Our latest creation, “Singapore NDP 2009 Orchard Virtual Press Trailer,” with more news on this to follow in the next few weeks…

The Twinity Monitor on LionCity

Want to see some pictures of LionCity in Twinity? R.C. at the Twinity Monitor can help.

I had no idea what to expect, which was a good thing, because as soon as Virtual Singapore loaded, I was completely knocked back:

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Awesome doesn’t even begin to describe it. It was just plain beautiful! Apparently, Lion City in real life is a very lavish, vibrant, high end shopping and financial district in Singapore.

The pieces of virtual Singapore currently available are indeed centered on the shopping district of Orchard Road. We’re so glad you like it!

BBQ Fun at Twinity Office

Last Friday we put on a nice BBQ in the backyard of our office. It happened that some of our members who have known each other only from Twinity met for a real live gathering in Berlin and joined us for a lovely evening down at the river Spree. Credits go to Tobi, our Master of BBQ, he was doing a wonderful job as well as to the with love home made garlic dip of new marketing intern Kim 😉 and Daniel, our Master of BBQ Organization.

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[Operations] Twinity update July 9, 2009

Dear Twinizens,

We will be doing another update of Twinity tomorrow and just wanted to let you know in advance. The update will begin at 10:00 CET and run for approximately 30 minutes. During this time, it will not be possible to login to the client. Here are some brief notes on this update:

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Thanks,

Manon

Live in Twinity: Streaming of Michael Jackson Memorial

The King of Pop died at the age of 50. Long live the king! Now there is a hassle about the memorial party, the heritage, the movie rights… We broadcast today’s funeral service live to Neverland apartment & want to say goodbye furthermore, everybody in his individual style, tell stories about him and perform an remembrance moonwalk to his greatest hits – a free moonwalk animation is at hand. We are the 3D woooorld…

Today, 18:00 (CET)

PS: If you like to send your personal condolence message, please use the guestbook in the Neverland apartment.

PPS: See more events in the event calendar.

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Metaversum Closes 4.5 Million Euro Financing Round for Twinity

Metaversum secures financing round for international expansion with new and existing investors.

Berlin/Potsdam, 7 July 2009 – Metaversum GmbH, developer of Twinity, the world’s first mirror world – a virtual world made of real people and real places – has announced the successful closure of another round of financing.

Existing investors Grazia Equity and Balderton Capital join BFB BeteiligungsFonds Brandenburg from InvestitionsBank des Landes Brandenburg, which is managed by BC Brandenburg Capital and KfW, in investing a total of 4.5 million euros in this latest round of financing. Metaversum is now best prepared for the continued development of its 3D platform and its upcoming international expansion.

Metaversum is building to-scale replicas of the world’s big cities in its 3D online world Twinity. The cities are not the only thing that is real about Twinity. The members of the 3D community also use real profiles and realistic-looking avatars – making Twinity a mirror world. Twinity and virtual Berlin are currently in public beta testing. The launch of virtual Singapore is set to follow this summer, and London is already under construction.

The mix of local and international investors is a good reflection of the company’s strategy. The realistic virtual cities are firmly anchored in the respective region, and help open it up to the world.

Jochen Hummel, CEO of Metaversum, commented, “In times such as these, a financing round like this is a great confirmation for Twinity and for our vision of building a real virtual world.”