3D Content on Mobiles

Android Enters Virtual World
Japanese company EitaroSoft, which provides 3D content and gaming software, has revealed yesterday that it has developed a 3D virtual world service on Google’s mobile platform “Android”.

How is it different? The company explains that the conventional 3D virtual world service required the use of a very high-specific PC, but Android-mounted mobile devices will enable users to enjoy the 3D virtual world service with commonly available PCs because of the mobility and accessibility.

It further says that the PC-based service “Second Life” can only accept a limited number of simultaneous users, but the Android version of 3D virtual world content allows up to 400 people to simultaneously access a virtual town within the service.

As a communication tool between users, there are unique chat features such as “Area Chat”, which enables users to chat with people around themselves, and “Dual Chat” that permits a one-on-one chat by using their own avatars. And the “Dual Chat” feature, using 3D avatars, makes it possible to control actions and expressions, permitting more emotional appeals than text-only messages.

Apart from supporting web pages, the Android 3D virtual world service has a movie function to advertise product presentations, film promotion by trailers, and so on. The company informs that a trailer for the “Vantage Point” movie distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment was delivered through this 3D virtual world service in February this year, ahead of its premier.

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