If Koinup keeps growing, along with the passionat, loyal and vibrant community, it depends also on the great and impressive job of Koinup media partners. Today, our "thank you" is for three amazing partners: Hiperia 3D News, Slnn.it, Poid Mahovlich Hiperia 3D News, is one of the most authoritative and up-to-date virtual worlds focused blog. Hiperia is partnering with Koinup …

Last year, before I started covering Twinity for the Koinup blog, I did an item on my own blog about the Berlin Wall. The Wall fell 25 years ago, and to commemorate this huge event, Metaversum rebuilt sections of the Wall and the Iron Curtain in Twinity, which could be accessed by special portals. I thought that was a temporary thing, but some of the entries to Cold War …

We're glad to announce that we're running a partnership with Club Cooee. Club Cooee is a 3D chat where you can chat with friends from all over the world, dress up your 3D avatar, create and decorate your 3D chat rooms and enjoy music, videos and games. As result of the partnership, Club Cooee members have a specific Club Cooee channel on Koinup, accessible from the main …

We're launching a call to action for World of Warcraft wallpapers. If you're a Wow player (or photographer) you have now the chance to get your screenshots included in the 3D Wallpapers app as mobile downloadable wallpapers!!! Join the World of Warcraft Wallpapers group, submit your best shots and get your images in front of millions of mobile users! 3D Wallpapers is a …

Extraterrestrial life forms invaded virtual space when Frenzoo.com launched the Create an Alien contest in collaboration with Weta. Yes Weta, the very same special effects group that worked on blockbuster hits like Lord of the Rings, The Lovely Bones, and Avatar. The object of the contest is to create an alien out of your Frenzoo 3D avatar and take a snapshot in an …

While waiting for the 3D Wallpapers release on the Ovi Store, we prepared a new series of promotional banners. Along with images from Marty86, RoRo, YuNEO_Nagy, Shyekidd, the latest adverts include also an amazing artwork called Anamorphose by LolmacShan So far, we already picked about 150 images from more than 70 Koinup members and virtual worlds artists. We plan to double …

If you have some artistic or graphic talents, then you might want to join the Graphic Dreams group on Koinup. The group is the result of the partnership between Koinup and SLnn.it. Any week, the Slnn.it staff will pick a member of the group to cover in a dedicated story on the "Graphic Dreams" column on Slnn.it (Read here the latest stories on Koinup members profiled in the …

The following is the list of Nokia devices that support 3D Wallpapers app. If you own one of the devices included in the list (or a friend of you owns it), you will be allowed to purchase and enjoy the 3D Wallpapers, once the app will be available in the Ovi Store. We submitted the app some days ago, so we expect the app to be approved in about 10 business days. The 3D …

Twinity has become a lot more fun! I mentioned the new skateboard earlier, but it's cool enough to warrant another blog post. In Twinity, you can't really teleport to just any sidewalk or street in a city: there has to be a destination, a defined landing point such as an apartment, shop or museum to go to. Once you've teleported there, you can go outside and start exploring …

Exploring is recognized as an important aspect of virtual worlds; it's one of the four key motivations of virtual world users (Castronova, page 72, citing Righard Bartle). As it happens, one of the cool things to do Twinity is exactly that: exploring the cities of Berlin, London and Singapore. In the past I have spent quite some time walking - and running - through these …