Attention, Facebook users: It 'where voice chat. Sometimes in the following weeks, the social network of tens of millions of users will begin to be prepared to the highest quality of voice calls, can also act as third party developers a voice in their applications to start.
Vivox wants free access numbers that allow anyone in an existing supply called conversation.
The new technology is offered by Facebook itself,however. Instead, it is of Vivox, a Boston-based company that provides integrated voice services for virtual worlds like Second Life and EVE Online, and the world for over 15,000,000 users.
The service, which is currently in closed beta, Facebook users will have high-fidelity calls with anyone on their friends list. Each user must nevertheless Vivox plug-in download. But once installed, the service works with virtually elegance Facebookand all sorts of things, from one-to-one to talk about large group dialogue has developed.
Moreover, even non-Facebook users are able to participate, as Vivox want free access numbers that allow anyone to enter into an existing conversation prompt, as you can today, with a telephone conference call.
Perhaps equally important, according to the founder Monty Sharma, Vivox, the company is making its technology available to developers of third-party Facebook application, which meansalmost all applications, from games to utilities, a component item.
for the moment it is unclear how to decide what percentage of Facebook users to adopt the technology, Vivox, and for the moment at least, Facebook is not in any way involved in promoting the new service. But while some people may decide that they do not want a tool that requires an add on to use, many others may actually find it worth the effort in order to initiate a dialogue that just competitors or, better yet,The call quality.
a person who may be an early adopter, it's Charlene Li, a well-known social media consultant and co-author of Groundswell.
"I would like (do not use the voice service on Facebook)," he announced them, "because I see it as a continuum of communication with people I need to stay in touch."
"It 's time to be" Pirillo said. "I assure you, that is to bite Skype."
For Pirillo, Vivox is an incentive system invaluable for users of Facebookto optimize their friends list, because it is likely that you do not want to get voice chat invites from people who know they have friends, but perhaps only in passing.
"If these tools to come," Pirillo said, 'are worth less (have too many friends) and actually promotes an eco-cleaner. "
He took them to provide excellent 3rd party developers on Facebook, the ability to integrate voice chat into their applications could mean a big win for the business. He stressed,so valuable that a company like Overstock.com you can put a Facebook application with built-in voice - without the voice system to build up himself - why would a folk method for quickly and easily chat with their friends about products. see
"Retailers do not have to put you in chat," Li said. "You can only put into Facebook Chat. And it is where it gets really interesting."
And Pirillo, the ability of Facebook friends a voice chatduring, say, a game of Scrabble is one particularly'smart 'invention, the user is the number of different tools that are running the same rationalization.
Actually, Vivox is the offer is not the first to voice it possible for Facebook users, although it can also be seamless.
Other options include the same as' the Party Line, which offers group chat for up to five people, and, of course, a work-around such as Skype.
Vivox says its technology does everythingnow available because of size and scalability. First, the system has proven to Vivox services like Second Life and EVE Online - and is preparing a series of games from Electronic Arts are built, from Command & Conquer Tiberian Twilight four - and has been shown that the support of thousands of simultaneous users on a single channel.
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