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By: Fantblog » Blog Archive » Från Skype till 3D-online-värld

Fantblog » Blog Archive » Från Skype till 3D-online-värld — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:26:52 +0000

[...] Nu har de hittat en ny höna som lägger guldägg nämligen den nya onlinevärlden Frenzoo. Detta rapporterar techcrunch om. Spelvärlden beskrivs som en ultimat värld för annonsering vilket säkert lockar annonsörer [...]

By: 3D avatar fashion with Frenzoo : Kzero

3D avatar fashion with Frenzoo : Kzero — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:02:04 +0000

[...] Techcrunch reported back in May 2007, co-founding Skype engineers participated in the Series A funding [...]

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Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:29:29 +0000

[...] Sound Investments, having provided an undisclosed Angel Round in October 2007. See also ASI’s May 2007 investment in Freenzo. The additional investment takes ASI’s stake in the company to [...]

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By: Frenzoo Screenshots - It is a 3D World for Girls : THE MOBINODE 动点博客

Frenzoo Screenshots - It is a 3D World for Girls : THE MOBINODE 动点博客 — Wed, 30 May 2007 12:02:13 +0000

[...] based Frenzoo really rocked the world yesterday, it’s covered by Mashable! and TechCrunch. Eda, director of Frenzoo has done absolutely a good [...]

By: pallet jack

pallet jack — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:49:51 +0000

Looks like a nice investment / The founders of a company like paypal should knoow what they are doing (On the tech side)

– then again ; what do they know about VC?

-RB

By: Daniel Gray

Daniel Gray — Tue, 29 May 2007 01:44:34 +0000

Region-specific 3D chat? Why no global focus? Perhaps this can survive as a B-level chat, but how many subscribers will it take and what are the chances that they can make a real run at it?

“Users can express themselves by personalizing 3D characters, and can mix-and-match a variety of branded clothes, footwear, accessories, furniture and lifestyle items.”

Branded? Which companies are handing over their rights?

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Mon, 28 May 2007 21:12:12 +0000

Interesting, though it seems like the reason this firm as opposed to others would receive additional interest at this point is the popularity of Skype’s founders.

By: Henk

Henk — Mon, 28 May 2007 19:42:28 +0000

You have misspelled Toivo Annus. There’s an S in the end…

By: Yakov

Yakov — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:48:59 +0000

I have a QUESTION – how many founders does Skype have?

By: patricia

patricia — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:46:55 +0000

I can’t help it but this kind of stuff freaks me out a little. The whole virtual world thing is just a little twitchy for me.

I know the fashion niche kind of well and I can’t see the wide appeal, unless the character could travel with you to other sites, like second life, be an avatar on a message board, etc., not just limited to this one world. Or, if they could somehow take this world, add true ecommerce retailers like Neiman Marcus or Barneys, where shoppers can use the character can try on and model the things they’re interested in buying and actually purchase if they want to, put together outfits, etc. That would be cool. Half the problem with online shopping is getting the fit right – you can’t really get a sense of how something will work on you.

By: rod

rod — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:16:05 +0000

Arrghhhh – if I see one more “Create your ZWINKY!” ad I’m going to freak out. That’s one reason why Desktop Tower Defence bugs me: the perpetual pre-roll Zwinky ads. Anyway, I’m clearly not in the frenzoo/zwinky target demographic, but the whole concept seems bizarre to me – at best a flash in the pan internet fad like “tamagotchi.” Though I suppose tamagotchi still made a lot of people rich while it was hot.

By: Startup Booster Blog

Startup Booster Blog — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:56:00 +0000

Looking at Second Life and how recent reports have forecasted it to have more than 25 million people by end of 2008, this may be a good investment for them. Virtual word and 3D living is going to be a common phenomenon.

By: Dekut.com

Dekut.com — Mon, 28 May 2007 11:52:32 +0000

Skype Founders Invest in Frenzoo…

Ambient Sound Investments, a company established by the four co-founding engineers of Skype, have invested in the Hong Kong based 3D social networking company Frenzoo as part of a Series A round of investment aimed at expanding the service through out …

By: murcia

murcia — Mon, 28 May 2007 11:33:28 +0000

im sure it will be joostable Members can enter rooms and watch tv on their pcs but see literallwhoelseis in theroom watching same show

By: Lior Haner

Lior Haner — Mon, 28 May 2007 11:33:21 +0000

It seems that there are many environments that get new life in the orient after they have already been maxed out in thewest. Yet another Second Life clone in the US can not attract too much attention anymore unless it had some new special sauce. In the East it seems that old idas can flourish when adjusted to suit the local pallet.

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:42:18 +0000

Skype as a (commercial) product? Yuck….I guess I’ll have to search for other tools when and if that day comes.

By: TechVision

TechVision — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:39:57 +0000

Skype founders invest Frenzoo…

Frenzoo, currently in private beta, aims to be a centralizing hub for teen culture, providing a space for young adults to connect with friends and experience fashion. Users can create their online persona with 3D avatars, and participate within Frenz…..

By: Steve S

Steve S — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:33:52 +0000

It’s the Second-Life’ing of the internet. If you have a communication tool, add some 3D elements to it and suddenly interactivity jumps.

Well, Skype works pretty well as is, hopefully they make good use of this new technology. What it might do is to drive Skype away from being a utility to being more like a product like AIM

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:31:25 +0000

Why does TechCrunch, a blog with great content and truckloads of traffic have to make do with such a pathetic design? Sidebars look haphazard.

The only part I like is the post-meta/info region. Every thing else could do with a better design.

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:28:39 +0000

I notice that this post has just two posts…..

Usually Techcrunch posts have 10-12 comments within no time.

By: TechZilo

TechZilo — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:24:57 +0000

Only time will tell whether it would be a good investment

By: Hari

Hari — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:06:13 +0000

That might be a good investment for them. Though still in beta, it seems good and i have a feeling that it will be successful