Twinity and the name game

It’s no secret that Twinity is based on the real world. You can see it in our slogan, “Powered by real life,” in our virtual cities like Berlin, in our human avatars with face generation based on real-world photos, and from the fact that people always refer to Twinity as a “mirror world.”

Virtual Art: C/O Berlin Gallery’s Opening Party

Twinity, in cooperation with C/O Berlin – International Forum for Visual Dialogues, celebrated its first virtual art exhibition last Friday. Many art appreciating Twinizens enjoyed the photographic works of both ‘wowe . Essence. Twenty-five Years of Portraits’ and ‘Jerry Berndt . Insight . Night Photographs’. View more screenshots of the successful C/O Berlin Gallery opening party after the jump. Thanks …

Twinity is there for you

Dear Twinizens, You’ll have noticed that last week was a rough one for Twinity. Between a couple of issues, there were times when Twinity was not available. You have our apologies for this, and we are working to make sure we do better in the future keeping Twinity online and bringing Twinity back online when we have issues. On that …

Become A Mentor in Twinity!

Would you like to get more involved in the Twinity community, help other Twinizens and provide us with feedback and your ideas for improving Twinity? Then you might be perfect for the Twinity Mentor Program! Requirements: Registered at least three months in Twinity Actively involved in Twinity events Willing to help others and share knowledge Desire to give feedback on …

Looking for Twinity news?

If so, head on over to Samantha’s Corner to read more from the first in-world Twinity reporter.

the latest from sered

Sered has some nice new words about Twinity: This week was a good week for mirrorworld Twinity. … I feel it’s coming together nicely, it all operates much smoother these days, even though it’s clearly still beta. … these days there are more avatars on the Berlin landing point than I have ever seen previously in Twinity. The screenshot only …

Text volumes in virtual worlds

One of our Twinizens has written a post about volumes of text in virtual worlds. We just thought we would link to it from here. Ryan has some interesting and accurate thoughts about how the 3D virtual world still relies on large amounts of text for labeling, searching, communicating and working through the 3D learning curve.

Visit Berlin Virtually

Over at Tapmag, there’s a little post about virtual Berlin. Twinity, which was released online at the beginning of September, provides a close-to-life animated version of Berlin. … The animation is very life-like – except for the street style, which has been upgraded to chic business looks for the web version from the usual funky Berlin mix. I guess you …

YOUR Party in Twinity!

Are you planning something exciting and amazing for the near future, such as a party or another cool in-world event? Then drop a note and let us know at events(at)twinity.com and in the Twinity Events forum on Twinity.com! To create and to share is key in developing a vibrant community. Announce your next party to make it a smash, and …