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Trends: Virtual Social Media

Thu, 04/24/2008 - 06:15 — admin

If the Internet is about facilitating connections, then anything that enriches those connections by making them more personal and multi-dimensional will be attractive to users.

Nothing can take the place of, say, my brother, my sisters or my parents, sitting across from me at my kitchen table, or being able to hold my youngest niece on my lap. But a web cam, for example, although imperfect, adds another dimension to the connection between us and makes it seem more ‘real’ that simply hearing their voices on a phone or reading text messages on a screen.

That’s why I find the emergence of companies like ExitReality exciting. According to their website they are “a new social media platform that aims to improve your online experience with an enhanced 3D, multi-user, immersive messaging environment..”

You can create virtual photo galleries for you and your guests to walk through and discuss, post video clips that “transform into 3D flat-screen TVs that you can enjoy watching with your friends,” and “see and interact” with your friends while chatting with them online.” How cool is that? 

I'm curious to see if it can be used to facilitate online meetings and conference calls - could be a great option if the software isn't time consuming to learn to use.

ExitReality works with leading global social media sites Facebook, MySpace, Fraudster, Hi5, Rout and Bebop and is currently taking beta applications. They plan to launch “soon.”

ExitReality, via Techcrunch

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