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Phoenix Viewer Partners with SpotON3D

Phoenix Viewer has partnered with SpotON3D, a virtual world and platform, to offer a viewer customized for its residents.

Phoenix Viewer Partners with SpotON3D
2011-01-27
WASHINGTON, DC, January 27, 2011 (Press-News.org) The Phoenix Viewer team will be providing phoenix viewer builds to the folks at Spoton3d with the addition of Spoton3D specific features for use on the SpotON3D grid.

SpotON3D has enabled the following capabilities: SaaS Elastic Cloud Server Scalability, Universal Grid System, Universal Registration, Avatar & Inventory System, Private Label Grid System, PayPal Economy System, Integrated SpotOn3D EZPrezTools and more.

Both the Phoenix Viewer Team and the SpotON3D Team are looking forward to working in close collaboration. This will provide users with a clear voice in how the grid and viewer interact and the path towards new features. The teams look forward to the exciting changes that will undoubtedly take place as the Phoenix team helps to further develop the SpotON3D's network of Web Worlds and associated grids.

About SpotON3D:
Co-Founder/CEO/legal Council is Stevan Lieberman of Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC, an Intellectual Property attorney out of Washington, DC. Co-Founder/COO/Art Director is Tessa Kinney-Johnson, of UnReal Designs, LLC and a 15-year veteran of the 3D Web. Together they've formed the software firm, Powersynch, LLC, whose main objective is to bridge the gap between the 2D web, real world technology and the 3D Web.

Development of the SO3D Grid Systems began in November of 2008. With the help of a team of dedicated programmers, web developers, modelers and grid experts they have succeeded in creating an exciting new experience solving many of the complex problems seen in its contemporaries. See http://www.spoton3d.com.

About Phoenix Viewer:
The Phoenix Viewer Project Inc. is a non-profit organization. Phoenix viewer is a Third Party Viewer for use with virtual worlds. It's based on Linden Lab's Viewer Version 1.23.5 and Snowglobe 1.5, with features added to improve performance, increase usability, and generally enhance the user's overall experience.

Contacts: Brandy Maltas (Kalli Birman in Virtual), Public Relations (public_relations@spoton3D.com).

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[Press-News.org] Phoenix Viewer Partners with SpotON3D
Phoenix Viewer has partnered with SpotON3D, a virtual world and platform, to offer a viewer customized for its residents.