Gaia Online May 5, 2008
Gaia Online May 5, 2008 at the Virtual World SIG.
” Extending Virtual Worlds: Gaia Online”
Gaia Online is an online hangout and virtual world that has been busy over the past year bridging the connections between the “virtual” and the “real” world in very direct ways.
Gaia’s own internal market of rare and exclusive virtual items creates a thriving economy which operating as a backdrop for this youth-oriented world. Gaia has attracted brand partnerships as diverse as Sony, Toyota, and World Wrestling Entertainment. Recently they have added a cinema where your avatar can watch Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures films, and you can even buy prepaid cards redeemable for virtual items at your local Target store.
This year they have announced a plan to integrate an MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) into the mix, and in case you were wondering, yes, they also have a Bebo and Facebook apps. The world has a former Chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors on its economic board and is funded by Benchmark, Redpoint, and DAG Ventures.
We are pleased to have Joe Hyrkin, VP of of Sales & Business Development to present a rare look at this booming phenomenon. Come learn how this virtual world of 5 million users engages and extends the virtual experience into so many online and offline destinations.
I’m OrangeMontagne in Gaia if you should happen to be virtualizing over there!
See U May 5 and/or
at the RFL event on May 4 being set up by Dedric Mauriac.
…MRO
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