Vizwoz Virtual World

The VizWoz near real environment provides a ‘social playground' where kids can play and chat, whilst also experimenting with, and developing, their social skills. The avatar structure coupled with the VizCop 24 /7 moderation provides the safe environment needed for both. The 11-14 age group is post-Club Penguin and pre-bebo. VizWoz's success in this market segment, which is known to be difficult to access, has led to a number of marketing agency approaches. VizWoz has already secured contracts with the Cartoon Network, 21st Century Fox and XFactor and is currently in discussions with Paramount, Disney, Universal and Sony. The site provides a realistic safe environment in which users can dress up, chat, and play games. Key features include: - Over 100 rooms- Avatars- Cool GUI- Live chat- Virtual economy- Virtual gifts- MyPlace (homes) - Police force- Members club- College- Cinema- Shopping mall- You Tube music player- Over 50 single and multiplayer gamesThe site was sticky with an average time online of 1 hour 8 minutes (compares to Club Penguin's 53 minutes, and YouTube's 31 minutes). . On-line chatFor kids the real-time avatar-based chat provides a fun environment to talk to and make friends. For parents the moderation means a safer environment than the main competitor msn messenger. 25 million chat messages were sent in the first few months. GamesCurrently there are 21 casual games (multi-player and single-player). Total games played 2. 5 million, with a peak of 36, 000 per day in the first few months. Moderation / VizCopsThe Kid's safety is paramount. VizWoz run a team of moderators 24 /7. Artificial Intelligence identifies words and phrases of concern which the Vizcop follows up on. Kids can also alert cops. For minor infractions VizCops appear on screen and educate. They then have an escalating series of penalties which include Prison, Banning and IP blocking.
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