Monday, August 6, 2007

Voki release in order to provide better avatar tools to be used with communities and social networks

Voki (pronounced voe-kee), was created for individual and non-commercial use, allowing you to develop an avatar to be used repeatedly. This platform allows for more ownership of one’s “digital persona,” leveraging their existing speaking avatar technology platform. Their redesigned editor reveals a new user interface for users, making the creation of avatars intuitive and easier than before. They’ve also done some backend improvements to make their avatars work better with user profiles, such as those found on social networks and their Partner communities for their API. Some of these improvements for partner integrations will not be released until later this year.

What this comes down to is a free offering of a speaking avatar for you to put on your MySpace profile. This looks like it includes more accessories and features than Oddcast’s SitePal service, too. Voki offers Anime, animal and celebrity avatars to play with, more customization and animation for your avatar’s “world” and better integration with other applications such as your Instant Messenger and mobile phone.
More at:http://www.voki.com/

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