Talking Avatars
Talking avatars continue to gain popularity in both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets and Oddcast, the leader in talking avatar technology, has been capitalizing on the growing trend of online self-expression since 1999. With over 5,500 business customers and millions of consumers using its products, the company is expanding its operations to the consumer and mobile marketplaces.1
New York - June 13, 2006 - Talking avatars continue to gain popularity in both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets and Oddcast, the leader in talking avatar technology, has been capitalizing on the growing trend of online self-expression since 1999. With over 5,500 business customers and millions of consumers using its products, the company is expanding its operations to the consumer and mobile marketplaces.2
SitePal Talking Avatars are customizable, talking characters that can be adapted from a wide range of characters or created from photographs. Users can add Talking Avatars to their websites to help convert sales at higher rates than conventional online sales formats by engaging visitors with the interactive characters.3
Anita Campbell recently conducted an A/B test on her website to see the effectiveness of a talking avatar on the site conversion rate. She had heard about some buzz about avatars for site conversions, but she was not fully convinced and wanted to test it herself.4
The 3Dmsg technology allows MMS, SMS, Instant Messaging, and other text or voice messages to be delivered as ultra-low bandwidth 3D video-like messages by a talking avatar. Dmsg’s avatars achieve the quality and accuracy of lip synchronized video with the bandwidth of text or voice.5