SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 30-JUL-2009 10:00 PM

Doppelganger, the developers of vSide, were acquired by Canadian company Hip Digital Media in August 2008 for a rumored $40 million after having spent over $26 million on the development of the platform and successfully attracting brands such as the Pussy Cat Dolls, Tyra Banks and MTV. Doppelganger was backed by leading VCs ComVentures, Greycroft Partners, KPG Ventures, Trident Capital, Draper Richards and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

ExitReality acquired the platform and vSide virtual world to add to its suite of virtual worlds products. With ExitReality every existing website can be experienced as a virtual world, for example Facebook profiles become 3D apartments. ExitReality has integrated with leading social networks which has attracted brands such as Carls Jr., Hardees, WarnerBros and Paris Hilton.

“vSide have successfully created a fun high quality experience for its users with a focus on engagement, retention and yield. We were excited to find out when it comes to revenue per user vSide is in the league of other virtual worlds such as Habbo, IMVU and Club Penguin.” said Danny.

ExitReality is a privately-held company with offices in San Francisco, London and Melbourne Australia.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Further media information contact: Lee Jabara ( lee@smartprcorp.com) ph: +1.347.535.0844 cell: + 61.418.319.068 or prweber@exitreality.com

ExitReality To Stream NYE Party In 3D Sponsored By Webcruzer — International Media Release

Sydney, Australia, 24 December 2008: Worldwide publicity has surrounded the announcement of celebrity Paris Hilton launching The Bongo Virus New Year’s Eve bash in Sydney. Now ExitReality (www.exitreality.com) and sponsor Webcruzer (http://www.webcruzer.com) will turn Paris’s party into the World’s Largest Online 3D party with live streaming of the event.

“The groundbreaking 3D party palace invention is taking The Bongo Virus’ New Years Eve party to the next level, by enabling users the opportunity to create their own individual avatars within the  one space, whilst partying with the heiress herself,” said founder of Webcruzer and sponsor of the online party, 24-year-old Paul Flammea.

“Exit Reality is excited to be involved in what is going to be an exceptional online experience. Now we can move into all the technology, laser lights, streaming music, streaming video, dancing etc. This is going to be a very exciting New Years Eve,” said founder of ExitReality and inventor of the 3D technology, Danny Stefanic.

The Bongo Virus is a new platform that converges mobile phone and internet applications in one solution. Launching this December 31st with the world’s largest New Years Eve party, ExitReality, a free internet plug-in that converts the entire World Wide Web into 3D and Webcruzer, a recession busting business website solution, have now also jumped onto the party bandwagon as sponsor.
The 3D party palace will plunge users into another universe with its realistic replica of the Sydney NYE party. From the paparazzi and photographers following Paris Hilton, to nightclub dancing on the main dance floor, users will be able to experience the unimaginable. The 3D party website can be accessed at: http://www.bongovirusnye3d.com

About ExitReality
ExitReality is a free Internet plug-in that allows anyone to view every web page in 3D. Over 40 billion websites are now instantly available as one massive virtual ecosystem, allowing web citizens to convert their 2D web pages into a 3D customisable space; meet and chat with people at any website; or search and explore thousands of online 3D communities. ExitReality also boasts the world’s largest index of Web3D content.

ExitReality was globally launched into public beta on the 18th September 2008.  http://www.exitreality.com

About Webcruzer
Webcruzer is a ‘recession busting’ opportunity for small businesses and individuals who have zero IT skills to establish their own website with a built-in ecommerce application for a low annual fee of €160.

The website also has the ability to generate user’s income by referring on to friends and other business colleagues.  http://www.webcruzer.com

About The Bongo Virus
TheBongoVirus.com is the world’s first platform that converges the mobile phone and Internet to provide social networking and the latest phone applications all in one. It is a platform that amalgamates a number of different mobile and PC applications such as instant messaging, ringtones, games and celebrity news.

TheBongoVirus.com is not only about fun interactions, it also wants to make a positive difference in the world. By donating 5 percent of net profits annually, members can freely choose any charity or cause they feel passionate about.

Bongobarter, Bongosocial and Bongo People’s Front (BPF) actively promotes social networking through the website with forums and upcoming events. They are purely PC based and will provide users with a limitless amount of entertainment, and unite communities globally.

TheBongoVirus.com is the first of its kind and really is… technology with personality. Simply register via TheBongoVirus.com to download this unique portal. With this application, users will be able to store messages, downloaded games, music and obtain free gossip updates conveniently and without the need to go online.

For more information visit http://www.thebongovirus.com or http://www.bongoparis.com
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32 million hours of video content from blinkx.com, the world’s largest video search engine, is now available in 3D. With ExitReality’s free Internet plug-in, you can visit the blinkx.com virtual world, search for video content that you love and chat with others in real time.

Finding video content in 3D is a snap at blinkx in 3D. It is just as easy to take an interactive video wall and place it into your apartment. Simply follow the video below to find out how:

Now your 3D space is enhanced with dynamic, searchable video, streamed directly from blinkx.

Invite your friends over to your virtual world and spoil them with your rich 3D videos. You 3D avatar guests have never had it so good!

Virtual reality is now available to everyone. Download ExitReality free at www.exitreality.com

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Add YouTube Movies into Your 3D Space

Meeting Friends live in 3D

Personalising Your 3D Apartment with Photos

Imagine adding your favourite YouTube video to a 3D LCD Television in your own virtual world.

With ExitReality, you can add any YouTube video to a 3D flat panel television and put it into your very own virtual world to share with friends and add some fun to your space.

How do I add a YouTube Video into my 3D web place? Three Simple Steps:

Step One: Once you have the ExitReality browser open at your 3D webspace, this could be your website, MySpace page or any other social networking page, click on the search tab on the top right hand side of your screen in the ExitReality toolbar.

Step Two: Enter the keywords ‘youtube TV’ into the search box. The customisable TV will appear in the search results. Simply drag it into your 3D space.

Step Three: Add the YouTube URL link into the field provided and then click done.
Now you have your very own LCD TV playing your favourite YouTube video.
Use the ‘Edit’ function to move, rotate and size your LCD television to how you like in your 3D space.

ExitReality supports Adobes Interactive Flash which means you have the same interactive controls in 3D as you have in 2D such as volume adjustment for your YouTube video.
View our video to see how it is done.

Having a 3D apartment as your Facebook, Myspace, or Bebo profile is a fun and innovative new way to express yourself online. Your own virtual world!

Decorate your 3D apartment or any web page in 3D by dragging and dropping objects you find from the Web 3D Search located in the ExitReality Dashboard. There are many different objects and themes that you can find to ‘drop’ into your space.

In order to customize your 3D web space, it is important to know how to edit a 3D object that you have selected from the Search Engine.

When we say ‘edit’, we refer to the simple tasks of moving, rotating, cloning and resizing a 3D object to suit your 3D webspace. Please view the video on how to decorate your own space using the tools within the edit bar.

To claim your 3D space and avatar, you will need to Download ExitReality.

Login to your social network profile page , Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, etc, and click on the ExitReality button inside your Internet Explorer or Firefox browser. This button was inserted during the download process. Clicking on this button will convert any 2D web page into a 3D webspace.

Finding 3D content is easy once you are in 3D. The Web 3D Search function is displayed inside the ExitReality Dashboard at the top of your screen.

The Search Engine is similar to other Engines on the 2D web. The results displayed can be dragged in to your 3D space. Then decorate and enhance your space the way you want it to look.

Now invite your friends to your newly renovated apartment or virtual world!

If you have a social network page such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, or Friendster in 3D, you can find your friends and visit them wherever they are on the 3D Web.

If your social network page is not yet 3D, get the plug-in free at www.ExitReality.com

With ExitReality, you can see what virtual world or 3D web page your ‘Buddies’ are at and visit them by clicking on the URL in the Buddies List.

Invite your friends to become Buddies. When they confirm you as a Buddy, you will be able to locate and hang out as avatars at any 3D web page.

It is easy and it’s a great way to have fun meeting, searching and exploring websites and worlds on the 3D web.

Below you will see how simple it is to find a friend in the 3D web using the Buddy list. Move from your own 3D Facebook apartment to finding a Buddy at their 3D MySpace Apartment.

Once you have met with your friend at a 3D world or web page, use the chat function to communicate. The multiuser chat function is located in the ExitReality tool bar at the top of the screen.

Don’t forget to decorate your 3D webspace with 3D objects and themes that can be found in the web 3D search engine. The Search Engine is part of the ExitReality Dashboard.

Invite your friends to come and check out your newly ‘renovated’ apartment.

With ExitReality, the entire web is now available in 3D.

Now that every web page is available in 3D, take decorating your 3D webspace to the next level.

Previously we discussed how you can customize your own 3D website as well as how you can use the 3D Search to find 3D objects, places and themes.

Not only can you change, backgrounds such as the sky, whole themes can be dropped into your webspace. Change your 3D website to how you want it to look.

Now you can add your favorite photos to your 3D social network page or 3D website.

Simply use the 3D web search engine in the ExitReality Dashboard or at www.ExitReality.com to find the 3D picture frame you want to display your photo.

Copy the link below into the search box, press search and drag the resultant image into your 3D web space.

http://scr.exitreality.com/protos/PictureFrame.wrl

Now that you have the 3D picture frame object in your space, the edit features allow you to add the url where your photo resides to the frame.

Move, rotate or resize the picture frame to suit your style. The choice is yours. Once you are done, remember to save your addition.

This demonstration worked in a 3D MySpace apartment, it can also work on any web page on the internet that you control.

Remember to invite your friends to chat and see your newly updated apartment through the ExitReality 3D multi user chat.

The Entire Web is now in 3D.

Welcome to the ExitReality plaza. On today’s journey into the 3D Internet we will begin at the new plaza at the heart of ExitReality (Official opening today!). Think of it as a launching pad for your 3D adventures.

As we walk through the plaza you’ll see all the different attractions. On the right, an arcade full of cool games to play - Try your avatar’s hand at the street-fighting face-off or Old School Beat Down. On the left we’re passing the Rip Lounge, where you can meet and chat to people. Of course, there’s always more virtual burgers to consume - The Carl’s Jr./Hardees restaurant is ahead. Enter to climb on board the mechanical bull.

Here we finish our official tour of the plaza - Feel free (and it is free, totally free) to stay and chat to other users, or you could go to your own apartment or place (Yes you do already have one - it’s a decorated 3D version of your social network profile, or Website page) where you can add a whole new look … or visit any of the thousands of 3D worlds.

Have fun storming the castle…

You can find all the information on ExitReality including how to download the plug-in, how to navigate through virtual worlds etc… at www.exitreality.com or visit the Knowledgebase at http://kb.exitreality.com/

Click here to enter the plaza

You can change the design completely - make it a dojo by dropping in the dojo template, give it a more modern style, make it a nightclub, even make it a red moon, if that’s your thing.

Then you can decorate with all sorts of things - furniture, widgets, games, pictures - in fact, anything from a space station to falling snow. You can even take home the rideable mechanical bull from the 3D Carl’s Jr. or Hardee’s restaurant.

This is all done easily. Just drag and drop the things you like into your 3D space and click on the ’save’ button on the left. Enter your MySpace details then …
Wah la. Party place.

Sign up for your free apartment courtesy of ExitReality and get started.

You can find all the information on ExitReality including how to download the plug-in, how to navigate through virtual worlds etc… at http://www.exitreality.com or visit the Knowledgebase at http://kb.exitreality.com/