Avatars for Web Services

SeeStorm Synthetic Video with avatars created from users' photo and voice is a great example of User-Generated Content (UGC) ideally fitting Web 2.0 trend.

Avatar is a great tool for self-expression and creativity, it enables fun, roleplay and look control which are just impossible in plain video. And synthetic video is much easier to create, with no need to for the equipment and software required to produce real video.

SeeStorm avatars bring new fun and personalization into online services, helping to develop user community and monetize it:

Entertainment portals

Users create and store their personal avatars, record voice messages and make own synthetic video movies, as well as comment and rate others' avatar content. Avatars can be used in other online services, published in the Internet, or exported to mobile phones.

Greeting card services

User chooses an avatar from collection or creates a personal avatar from own photo, and records a voice message. Video greeting is generated automatically, and brings unmatched personal emotional touch to receiver.

Blogs

Avatar video can be published in personal blogs the same way as plain video, but it would be often preferable, being easier in creation and more entertaining.
SeeStorm technologies make user pictures in blogs and forums really expressive. Emotional userpic is a userpic where a human face changes its emotional expression according to blogger's mood. A portrait photo can be also automatically converted into animated GIF with a changing expression.

Dating services

Creating and sending a video message with funny avatar is another form of compliment, drawing the addressee's attention. For dating service owners, it is another way of monetizing the community.

Business services

Avatars' expressiveness and efficiency in creation cost make them valuable business helpers. Just animate a brand personage and place it on site to tell visitors about your products and services – and they will remember your offer for long. Avatar looks exactly what you want it to look, and never gets tired, so it is a brilliant support agent, call center operator or virtual trainer.

SeeStorm avatars provide additional ways of monetizing user communities, there are some examples to consider:

• Recording user voice message via IVR
• Exporting avatar movies to mobile phones
• Sending avatar messages as a complementary paid option (in a dating service)