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February 24, 2005
Virtual Girl Arrives in Singapore
Hong Kong, Feb. 2 -- Hong Kong-based Artificial Life, Inc. , a leading global provider of award winning mobile technology and applications, today announced that it has signed a contract with Singapore Telecom Mobile ("SingTel Mobile"), a leading regional telecom operator, to launch its award winning 3G product "V-Girl -- your virtual girlfriend" in Singapore.
The appearance of the V-Girl character and other multimedia game features in the game's launch version will be customized to suit local mobile users' preferences and culture in Singapore. With thousands of high quality 3-D animation video clips and audio streams, players will find every gaming experience to be unique. The sophisticated 3G game will have 20 game levels. Each level will pose different challenges to players, with the ultimate goal for them to date and even "marry" the virtual girlfriend. However, the game does not end at the "marriage" as it is designed as an ongoing interactive story that continuously evolves and develops.
Commenting on the launch, Mr Philip Wu, Director, Consumer Marketing, Content Strategy and Marketing, SingTel, said, " V-Girl is expected to have a large following as it boasts numerous features such as artificial intelligence, text-to-speech and real-time chat functionalities."
V-Girl lives in a realistic-looking 3-D animated world that players navigate around using their 3G phones. Players can visit a virtual disco, listen to music and individually invite V-Girl to watch movies in a movie theatre with them. As players court the virtual girl, she may even invite them to her virtual home. The developments in the game follow a detailed calendar of activities and tasks for players. Tasks can have real-time elements and can be linked to real calendar events such as local holidays.
[1] Virtual Girl Arrives in Singapore, Thu 03 Feb 2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/technology/24girlfriend.html
[3] Artificial Life, Inc. http://www.artificial-life.com/
[4] V-Girl, http://www.v-girl.com/
[5] SingTel Mobile, http://www.singtel.com/
Posted by sjc at February 24, 2005 6:19 PM
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