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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Total registered account and Marketing activity across synthetic worlds

My friends of Kzero made another wonderful job. Here we are with 2 really good analysis, one about the total registered account in synthetic worlds and the othern the marketing activity of the most important brands in synthetic worlds.

Total registered account in synthetic worlds

On this analysis I think is interesting see how many worlds are developed for childrens and teens. as Neopets and Lego Universe (coming soon). Onether good view is seeing the worlds about sports as Empire of Sports and Football superstar.

from Kzero:

Methodology

Reliable references/sources (company websites, press releases etc) have been used to populate, combined with run-rate forecasts. Where no data is available, the virtual world is only represented by the launch date. This is work in progress analysis and should be treated as such. Analysis will be updated regularly. Excludes fantasy-based MMOGs.

Average age data uses K Zero estimates based on brand positioning, company statements and companies present in-world. These estimates will be changed if/when more accurate (company-supplied) data is obtained. E&OE.

The marketing activity of the most important brands in synthetic worlds.

Nice to see different brands invests money in synthetic worlds. As normal, Toyota is the most adventurous marketer..

Thanks again Kzero!

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

The definitive guide to brands in virtual worlds

Nic of Kzero made a great job! All the brands who work or worked in a synthetic world are here.. Check it. It s really interesting

A to C


D to L


M to P


R to S


T to Z





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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

I am a legend. The first movie/game on Secondlife

While everybody start to think the Synthetic world and specially Secondlife are going down and failed here we are with the trailer of the first movie/game on Secondlife. For the new movie http://iamlegendsurvival.warnerbros.com of Warner Bros with Will Smith , there is the new game only for Secondlife. A game where you don't know if you are the hunter or the hunted..
Check it!


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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Work for everybody, it doesnt matter where

This interesting video of ABC World News explain show is possible today work online while you are in your flat or wherever u want... And it exactly what I m doing. This is cool and today it is possible in every kind of job. Believe me! Are u not sure?
Ask me, and I ll solve your problems.



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9/11 also on Second life


Also on Secondlife is been remember 9/11. A sign of this synthetic world and how it can be always more "real".
From 3pointd:

There have been several examples of the twin towers being rebuilt in the virtual world of Second Life, but with the anniversary of that awful day with us once again, I would like to bring to your attention a site that I feel deserves a special mention: the World Trade Center sim. As I write this, it is still being finalised, ready for an official opening to coincide with the time the first plane hit. What singles this site out is that it does not attempt to undo what has happened. Rather, it commemorates those from many. many nations who died in that dreadful and tragic atrocity.

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Virtual blog for Cisco


Crisis or not, Secondlife goes on...and also the agencies and the brands that are in! The lastone is Cisco that has created a virtual blog. As Christian Renaud, Chief Architect of the Networked Virtual Environments team at Cisco, says in the inaugural post:
"We believe that these environments offer an excellent new tool in our collaboration toolbox, alongside established technologies like IP Telephony, Web Collaboration, and Telepresence. They also offer a number of new opportunities to collaborate in ways we haven't had before, which is intuitively obvious to those who use them regularly, but we'll work on enumerating in future blogposts."

via business communicator
If the claim of Cisco is "welcome to the human network" , well maybe in the next future it will be "welcome to the (virtual) human network"..

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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Mondi Virtuali: Secondlife convention in Milan


Last 19th of June there was a convention in Milan called Mondi Virtuali (virtual worlds). The main point of this convention was Secondlife and its infinitive way to use this synthetic world! Interesting the presentation of Nic Mitham, chairman of Kzero and his presentation about the Seven Point Plan for marketing in Second Life.

This is the link of the presentation:
mms://stream10.top-ix.org/eventi/mondivirtuali_07/nick_mitham.wmv

These are the slides of the presentation


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