Vivaty to focus on the most banal, yet therapeutic of rituals - shopping “Five years from now a social networking site without a 3D universe will look like a dinosaur."  This was a quote from Mark Kern, president of Red 5 Studio, in a BBC piece. I’m not sure I’d agree totally with him. It’s not as if we’re watching all our movies in 3D. But certainly, elements of three-dimensional worlds whose residents are known as avatars with, often added perks, such as wizard-like abilities to transform, will invade social networks. It’s already happening.  Vivaty, a new platform that’s trying to distribute 3D worlds on top of existing platforms, recently launched Vivaty Scenes on Facebook and AIM. Vivaty Scenes is the first application released by Vivaty, a startup that raised $9.2 million from ... [ Read more ]