» Visitoons is...

... a 2.5D open and transversal Virtual Worlds platform with a unique combination of attributes that provide a compelling solution for integrating Virtual Worlds immersive experience to the existing Web.

» White label platform for virtual worlds branding

With the Visitoons Platform, Creative Agencies can use their own creative teams to produce content for their virtual scenes and avatars, not needing to outsource the content creation to 3D design specialists or other complex technologies providers. This allows creative agencies to handle all the content creation in-house, having complete control over the process and spending fewer dollars.

The brands can be represented in the best suiting way, as there are no restrictions regarding the artwork used to produce the virtual scenes, avatars and graphical interfaces.

The platform controls the virtual environments, that is, everything related to avatars interaction, communications, space, physics and so on. The process of creating a virtual world using the Visitoons Platform is practically reduced to the content creation, making it the most cost-effective way of creating both complex and simple virtual worlds.

» Developing complex and simple virtual worlds

Visitoons is an extensible platform. It allows programming interfaces in Flash / Flex to develop any kind of functionality. It also allows the integration with any kind of backend application, over regular web standards.

By exploiting these extensibility facilities, Software Development Companies can integrate a virtual leg into any Web application, or create complex applications within a virtual world.

» The key attributes of the Visitoons Platform are…

• Open and transversal platform: Visitoons is an open and transversal platform since it allows users to create and connect multiple Virtual Worlds from different bases, origin and shapes without being tied to any community in particular. Visitoons is prepared to centralize communication between multiple Virtual Worlds allowing users from different worlds to interconnect.

• Cross-browser, multi-operative system and no downloads or installation:Visitoons client application runs on the Adobe Flash plug-in, supported by any regular Web browser and major Operative Systems, requiring no installation. This property of naturally merging in any Web environment allows the application to be used in multiple formats: as a Web page, in banner form, full screen and even as a pop up, which implies great versatility.

Examples of Web integration: Visitoons in full screen mode, Visitoons embedded in Web pages, Visitoons layered over HTML content.

• Usability: Visitoons is an easy to use platform since it lacks the complications of 3D Virtual Worlds when it comes to controlling ones avatar and the point of view. The solution to this important problem of usability, that considerably restricts the amount of people capable of getting around fluidly in these virtual environments, lies in that Visitoons offers a flat and lineal setting with simulated three-dimensionality given by the depth of the scenery, often called 2.5 D. Visitoons’ users live the Virtual World from a unique natural point of view, which is from an outside standing spectator, without losing dynamics since they can also go through the world horizontally in a realistic way. The four cursors or a mouse click are enough to move through the whole horizontal plane.

• Client resources demand:Due to the fact that the worlds are flat, originated from images, our application is lighter (regarding client’s resources usage) than the applications that have to render a 3D environment in real time. This allows us to have more visually attractive worlds without abusing the client’s resources since the 3D rendering in real time sets very low esthetic quality limits to 3D worlds.

• Any look and feel for the Virtual Worlds, without restrictions:Most of the virtual environments nowadays have a look and feel that is constant. Some have the characteristic ‘CAD look’, while others resemble ‘cartoons’ or vector drawings. On the other hand, Visitoons supports any type of art such as illustrations, paintings, drawings, photos, 3D renders, etc. Visitoons Virtual Worlds are not limited to a particular look and feel. This feature unlocks the content creation ecosystem to millions of artists in the world that master the most diverse techniques.

3D rendered examples: Disco Party, Virtual Office.

Photograph-based example: At the beach, in the park.

Illustration-based example: Backstage at the circus, VIP room at the soccer stadium.

• Any look and feel for the avatars, without restrictions:The artistic aspect of Visitoons’ avatars is unique in the market and its hand-crafted production speaks of the importance we give to the user’s visual experience. Visitoons’ avatars are hand-crafted using a variety of artistic techniques: illustrations, caricatures, photography, etc.

Example: Multiple types of avatars.

• The Web as a virtual world:Apart from implementations involving Virtual World sceneries, Visitoons has the ability to run on top of any Web page. In the “Mix” mode Visitoons is mounted on the actual Internet infrastructure and each page on the net composes a Virtual World. In this mode, the avatars seem to be mounted on the content of any Web page and the visitors to this page can interact not only between themselves but also with the page content.

Example: Visitoons Mix.

» Visitoons in images

Below you can see a number of screen-captures from Visitoons Chat, the virtual chat portal created using the Visitoons Platform. Visitoons Chat is a success case of a Visitoons Platform implementation, and a good example showing its potential.

Virtual Worlds

Visitoons Avatars