There.com Offers Free Voice Chat Upgrade to New Members
Leading Virtual World's Voice Chat Capabilities Take Social Networking to
New Heights
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Makena Technologies, creator
of the popular social virtual world There.com, today announced a special
promotion giving all new members a free upgrade to enjoy its virtual world
voice chat system. Anyone who joins the There.com community starting today
through May 31, 2007 will receive unlimited free voice chat as part of
their membership. There.com first introduced voice chat technology into its
3D virtual world in 2003, and this June will mark the company's fourth year
of providing voice chat to its members.
There.com's voice capabilities provide members with the ultimate
communication mode in world, allowing them to talk and enjoy a number of
voice-related events via their custom avatars. Like all of There.com's
features, safety is at the forefront, and voice chat includes the ability
to instantly "ignore" avatars that members do not wish to communicate with.
"Almost since its inception, There.com has offered voice chat in-world.
We immediately recognized voice as an integral extension of peoples'
ability to communicate online," said Michael Wilson, CEO of Makena
Technologies. "New members to There.com over the next several weeks can now
instantly enjoy voice interaction, which is normally reserved for premium
members."
There.com's unique voice technology includes:
* Ubiquitous availability; There.com's voice chat is available everywhere
in the 173 million square mile virtual environment
* 3-D, environmentally correct audio (voices fade, become louder and
change speaker direction appropriately as members navigate the world)
* Group voice chat
* Private one-on-one voice chat
* Microphone and speaker tuning
* Hands-free and toggle voice controls
For more information on There.com's voice chat system, please visit:
http://info.there.com/idx/0/856/article/Voice_Chat.html
About Makena Technologies, Inc.
Makena Technologies is the parent company of There.com, a fully
interactive, 3D online virtual world where members can customize and create
their own 3D character, meet and hang out with friends in real-time using
voice and text chat, build their own virtual homes, participate in events
ranging from car races to paintball to fashion shows and even create and
sell their own virtual items. There.com is a safe and exciting "PG-13"
environment for ages 13 and up that has something to offer nearly anyone.
Makena Technologies has offices in San Mateo, CA and Laguna Beach, CA. For
more information, visit http://www.there.com.
Leading Virtual World's Voice Chat Capabilities Take Social Networking to
New Heights
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Makena Technologies, creator
of the popular social virtual world There.com, today announced a special
promotion giving all new members a free upgrade to enjoy its virtual world
voice chat system. Anyone who joins the There.com community starting today
through May 31, 2007 will receive unlimited free voice chat as part of
their membership. There.com first introduced voice chat technology into its
3D virtual world in 2003, and this June will mark the company's fourth year
of providing voice chat to its members.
There.com's voice capabilities provide members with the ultimate
communication mode in world, allowing them to talk and enjoy a number of
voice-related events via their custom avatars. Like all of There.com's
features, safety is at the forefront, and voice chat includes the ability
to instantly "ignore" avatars that members do not wish to communicate with.
"Almost since its inception, There.com has offered voice chat in-world.
We immediately recognized voice as an integral extension of peoples'
ability to communicate online," said Michael Wilson, CEO of Makena
Technologies. "New members to There.com over the next several weeks can now
instantly enjoy voice interaction, which is normally reserved for premium
members."
There.com's unique voice technology includes:
* Ubiquitous availability; There.com's voice chat is available everywhere
in the 173 million square mile virtual environment
* 3-D, environmentally correct audio (voices fade, become louder and
change speaker direction appropriately as members navigate the world)
* Group voice chat
* Private one-on-one voice chat
* Microphone and speaker tuning
* Hands-free and toggle voice controls
For more information on There.com's voice chat system, please visit:
http://info.there.com/idx/0/856/article/Voice_Chat.html
About Makena Technologies, Inc.
Makena Technologies is the parent company of There.com, a fully
interactive, 3D online virtual world where members can customize and create
their own 3D character, meet and hang out with friends in real-time using
voice and text chat, build their own virtual homes, participate in events
ranging from car races to paintball to fashion shows and even create and
sell their own virtual items. There.com is a safe and exciting "PG-13"
environment for ages 13 and up that has something to offer nearly anyone.
Makena Technologies has offices in San Mateo, CA and Laguna Beach, CA. For
more information, visit http://www.there.com.