FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Vivox Inc., winner of the 2007 Game Developer Magazine Frontline
Award for Best Audio Tool, today announced new customer integrations
and enhanced features, extending the Company's leadership in
integrated voice communications for online games and expanding the
reach of the Vivox Network.
Vivox will be providing their advanced voice solutions and
services to Metaversum, Simutronics and Stratics.
Metaversum: Metaversum has integrated Vivox voice services into
Twinity(TM), a virtual world that is closely tied to the real world
and thus enables its members to expand their lives. Users will speak
naturally in 3D spatial audio by simply walking up to one another, or
in private group channels.
Simutronics: The Vivox Precision Studio(TM) SDK is now offered as
an embedded technology option within the HeroEngine MMO development
platform. The inclusion of Vivox now enables Simutronics' developers
to add a full-featured voice solution with the proven ability to
deliver voice on a massive scale.
Stratics: Stratics, an industry respected MMO portal, will provide
Vivox's voice solution to connect its 500,000+ subscribers with voice,
buddy lists, presence indicators and other enhanced features.
"The Vivox Network brings unprecedented scale and support to
gamers globally," said Monty Sharma, Vice President, Product
Management and co-Founder of Vivox. "Our focus from day one has been
to give game developers new tools to increase immersion and build
community. We are pleased to add these companies to the Vivox
Network."
"Vivox has quickly made its mark in the online game industry.
Integrated voice communications is no longer a 'nice to have' feature
but is a critical component. Developers must advance game play and
community development, and voice is the next obvious technology to
help do so," said George Dolbier, CTO Games and Interactive
Entertainment for IBM. "I am continuously impressed with the Vivox
team and their ability to deliver a stellar solution."
Vivox will be showcasing client implementations and other feature
advancements such as server side recording and enhanced voice fonts at
the Game Developers Conference (GDC), February 20-22, 2008 in booth
5216, North Hall at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco,
California.
For more details and pricing please contact Vivox at 508-270-5090,
or send email to info@vivox.com.
About Vivox, Inc.
Vivox provides high quality, massively scalable, voice chat for
online games and virtual worlds. Developers can enhance game play and
foster community with Vivox's advanced feature set and unparalleled
service. Today, the Vivox Network supports millions of users in more
than 180 countries. Customers include CCP Games, Icarus Studios, K2
Network, Linden Lab, Pixel Mine Games, Wizards of the Coast and
others. For more information: http://www.vivox.com.
About Metaversum
Metaversum develops and operates the 3D online world Twinity. This
visionary endeavor mashes up the real with the virtual world. Twinity
offers its members the ability to populate the digital world with
their own avatars, design 3D homes, communicate with friends, engage
in shared media experiences, work or simply have fun. Members of the
Twinity community enrich and expand their lives by integrating real
life into the virtual world. Twinity is currently in its private beta
phase. Founded in July 2006 and financed by leading venture capital
firms, Metaversum has offices in Berlin and Kiev. For more
information: http://www.metaversum.com and http://www.twinity.com.
About Simutronics Corp.
Simutronics Corp. is a leading creator of an advanced technology
platform for developers in the multi-billion dollar global market for
massively multiplayer online (MMO) games. Its HeroEngine platform
provides a complete technology solution for MMO developers, which
takes years off time to market by providing a streamlined creative
pipeline and a complete toolset in an integrated turnkey solution.
Customers include EA's BioWare Austin studio and ZeniMax Online.
Simutronics has offices in St. Charles, MO and Gaithersburg, MD. More
information on HeroEngine is available at http://www.heroengine.com.
Corporate information is online at http://www.play.net/corporate.
About Stratics
Founded in 1997, Stratics is the world's oldest operator of online
communities for massively multiplayer gaming enthusiasts. The
Company's flagship Stratics Network caters to millions of visitors
each month from around the world across nearly two dozen sites. For
more information: http://www.stratics.com.
Vivox, Vivox stylized logos and Precision Studio are trademarks of
Vivox, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other
company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective holders. The information in this document is subject
to change without notice.
Vivox
Jennifer Frkanec, 508-270-5090
jennifer.frkanec@vivox.com
or
Online Marketing and PR
Doug Mealy
dmealy@om-pr.com
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