Lorenzo Lorefice the co-founder of the highly successful and completely radical 3D web hosting service Gogofrog, has relocated with his family to Japan after an absence of some 3 years.
MELBOURNE, Australia (PRWEB) October 17, 2005 -- Lorenzo Lorefice the co-founder of the highly successful and completely radical 3D web hosting service Gogofrog, has relocated with his family to Japan after an absence of some 3 years. Gogofrog, available at Gogofrog.com is literally a 3D version of the web and his relocation coincides with the company's launch of a Japanese version of the highly popular 3D Web spawning service.
In April 2005 Lorenzo Lorefice and co-founder Vincent Teubler, launched a radical new service, Gogofrog.com, literally a 3D version of the Web that uses a standard Web browser. Gogofrog dispenses with the concept of a home page (top page), and lets users start with a "home room." The user environment is literally 360-degrees, and navigation is the same as for a video game, using the arrow keys. Users can go forward, back, left, right and through doorways to enter rooms. They can view photographic and video installations on "walls," as well as access text-based content like journals and forums, and audio-based content like music and radio-style programs.
Over the ensuing few months, largely through word of mouth, thousands worldwide have enthusiastically taken to Gogofrog's 3D version of the web. From German Hotel owners to high school students using Gogofrog for school projects, Brazilian Artists to US poets to Japanese manga enthusiasts with galleries of their favorite manga characters. Scrolling through Gogofrog's 100 or so Top sites shows businesses, students and general web enthusiast alike are taking to the 3D version of the web.
While the user interface is rudimentary for now, co- founder Vincent Teubler says, "It's like the early days of 3D games. The graphics were simple, and in many cases only three-dimensional line drawings. But the technology steadily improved and now we have breathtakingly realistic 3D games and movies. That's where Gogofrog is heading. Right now it's simple, fun and unique. In the future the graphics and functionality will be virtually unlimited."
While Gogofrog sites are free, and without advertising, by years end, the company plans to start offering a steady menu of new services, including extra features for a fee. According to Lorefice one very exciting new release will be a toggle switch for Gogofrog site visitors that will allow them to switch between a 2D and 3D version of the site they are visiting. "This development will open Gogofrog up to a broader online community and will allow business users particularly to provide their site visitors with a combination of 2D convention and the convention making/breaking approach of Gogofrog's 3D web world"
Lorefice's return to Japan coincides with the launch of the Japanese version of the service. "Earlier this year the company's Directors spent some time in Japan and confirmed our understanding that Japan is at the very pinnacle of 3D development as relates to Software and the web. My relocation and our Japanese version release, are not simply coincidence, there is a rich market and a rich vein of 3D inventiveness for us to mine here"
About Gogofrog Pty Ltd
Gogofrog Pty Ltd of Melbourne, Australia was established in April 2005 to offer easy-to-use Web services to non-technically minded people. Founded by CEO Vincent Teubler, Creative Director Lorenzo Lorefice and R&D Engineer Glenn Mitchell, Gogofrog's first offering is the 3D Web Space hosting service Gogofrog.com. The company's mission is to attract a community of enthusiastic 3D Web Space users as well as developers who will help expand and evolve the concept into a three-dimensional niche on the Web. Visit Gogofrog on the Web at http://www.gogofrog.com
The Japanese version can be visited directly at http://www.gogofrog.com/index_jp.html
For more information, contact:
Lorenzo Lorefice
Phone: +81 (0)90 4418 3726
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