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Twinity, Metaversum's 3D virtual world, lands the company a Red Herring award

Metaversum, maker of 3D online world Twinity, has been awarded a Red Herring 100 Europe award. Twinity is best known for recreating the virtual versions of the cities of Berlin and Singapore.

“(The award) clearly confirms our vision of a 3D world based on real cities, allowing real people to interact and communicate with each other.” says Metaversum CEO Jochen Hummel. “Twinity is coming alive through our partners, including Cinestar, Berlin.de, Zitty, Be.Berlin, Bigpoint, Sony Pictures, the city of Singapore, Geek Terminal Singapore, The Digital Movement (TDM) and many others. Together with our users, they are filling our vision of a real 3D world with life.”

The Red Herring 100 Europe award is given annually to the top 100 private technology enterprises headquartered in Europe, the Middle East, or Africa. You can find the other winners listed here.

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