1. TWINVERSE
Our Planet is a Virtual World

2. Opportunities / Trends
• Non gaming virtual worlds
• Web/VW integration
• Scalability of virtual worlds
• Location based services
• User generated content
• Mobile web browsing

3. Twinverse
• A virtual world based on the geography of our planet
• Supported by a Peer to Peer technology
Virtual World Communication Tools
TWINVERSE
Geographic
Social Media
Information System

4. Meet and Communicate

5. Discover and Post Content

6. Twinverse Advantages
• Scalability – technical & economic solution to server
limitations
• Software network – users’ PCs run the virtual world
• Location awareness, presence & shared experience
• Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Web integrated VW
– Leveraging web content
– Twinverse UGC visible from the web
• Permanent user representation in the world
– Avatar (when online)
– “Home” (when online and offline)
The Largest Virtual World !

7. Virtual World Spectrum

8. Adjacent Competitors
Virtual Geographic Social Web UGC
World Info Sys Network Integration
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9. A Different Proposition
Virtual Worlds
Environment Fantasy Reality
Presence Character (“Avatar”) Yourself (“Twin”)
Usability Difficult Easy “Point & Click”
Web Content Not Emphasized Full Integration
Platform Client / Server Peer-to-Peer
Cost High Low
Scalability Low High
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10. Current Technical Solutions
for Virtual Worlds
Server
Zones Shards
Users
Second Life World of Warcraft

11. Twinverse: Peer to Peer
Technology
User’s
PC
Twinverse…
- Allows Scalability in Mirror / Virtual Worlds
- Inspired by Solipsis Project (France Telecom Labs)

12. Twinverse P2P Architecture
User's PC MySpace
YouTube Shoutcast
Web
Browser Flickr Wikipedia Cyworld
Javascript Facebook
Yahoo Maps
HTML/CSS
Google Maps Etc, ...
Ajax
MSN Maps
Comet
The Web
Node
Python Node Twinverse
C/C++ Node Technology
Node
P2P Protocols
Twinverse Servers
Authentication Users' Users' homes Geographic
Jabber Etc,..
Access Control Profiles Static objects Databases

13. Twinverse Business Model
Primary Profile Revenue Sources
• 18 – 34 year old
• Advertising
• Social Seekers / VW users
– Targeted video
• Travelers / GIS Users – “In World” adverts
• 150-200 million global – Event sponsoring
– Yellow page model
Community Growth
• Revenue sharing
• PR, influential bloggers, etc – Mobile operators
• Social network invites – Local Internet players
• Event sponsoring – Other companies
• Global outreach

14. Community & Exit Partners
Social Media / Entertainment Integrated Internet / Adverts
Travel Communications / Other
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15. Management
Jamal Belhadj*
• Business Development Director ‐ Orange Group / France Telecom – Paris, France
• Director of Strategy ‐ Wanadoo (ISP) / France Telecom
• Investment Principal at Inventmobile (Mobile Technologies Seed Fund)
• MS Management ‐ Stanford University & MA Economics ‐ University of Paris
Joaquin Keller*
• Senior Project Manager ‐ France Telecom (Peer to Peer technologies)
> Solipsis (virtual worlds) > Pulse (live video streaming) > Maay (search)
• Senior Developer at EDIAT ‐ Artificial Intelligence (AI) software company
• PhD Computer Science ‐ Univ of Versailles & MS Mathematics ‐ Univ of Paris
Andy Wold*
• President – PACCAR Financial Services – Bellevue, WA
• Corporate Treasurer / Operating CFO – PACCAR, Inc. – Bellevue, WA
• Qwest Communications – Denver, CO
• MS Management ‐ Stanford University & MBA Finance ‐ University of Oregon
* co-founders