New way of putting people to work, selling the products and services of more than 330 name brand retailers. New Virtual World. UNITED NATIONS CITIZEN

Making use of the core graphics engine used in the smash hit AVATAR, Cisco Systems and Equifax have partnered with Heads & Tails TV, Faithful Friends TV & Montage Systems, to create United Nations Citizens, a virtual living environment for consumers and businesses, unveiled today at the 99th Annual National Retailers Federation Expo in New York.

United Nations Citizens is a collaboration of numerous international partners that have invested millions of dollars into technologies that provide e-tailers with a unique virtual world.

Featuring lifelike avatars for both stores and consumers, United Nations Citizens enables online commissioned sales assistants and paid greeters to become faithful friends helping consumers with questions and purchases.

The virtual world is an entertainment network based on “purpose built” programming, games and product offerings for your customer, a customer that is most passionate about Sports, 
Lifestyle, Entertainment and Music. It lets consumers create their own 3-D avatars to shop with or hold down jobs inside the virtual environment. Paid personnel promote the products, use marketing tools and advertising .

“We’ve created the world’s first virtual workplace where real people can actually hold down good paying jobs,” said Anthony Loiacono, CEO at Heads & Tails TV. “We’ve created a whole new way of putting people to work, selling the products and services of more than 330 name brand retailers.”

A number of next-generation features are used in United Nations Citizens, including:

• in-world HD television screens with passion point programming and active website links;
• audio chat capabilities with paid greeters from in-world companies; state-of-the-art media file servers to ensure a pure HD experience;
  
• hyper-local programming opportunities, such as high school sports, festivals, fashion, game and social media networks; plus mobile and online extensions for a more robust experience.

“Advances in virtual and augmented technologies allow content to reach audiences in methods that were speculation in the prior decade. Cisco Digital Media Creative Services along with global content and innovative partners such as Heads & Tails will provide solutions that address the content demands of the new decade as showcased at the National Retail Federation show in New York City,” said Dos Dosanjh, World Wide Customer Sol utions Manager of Marketing with Cisco Digital Media Creative Services.

More than 330 stores already are members of United Nations Citizens through affiliate marketing agreements, including Apple iTunes, Microsoft Store, Walmart, and Sky Mall, providing customers a unique way to view products and services in a setting that replicates real-world environments. Member companies are able to scale real-life presentations, combined with data collection, personalized product placement and digital signage, through seamless delivery over the web and mobile networks.

“By providing database management for United Nations Citizens, including geo-codinggeo-targeting for e-commerce and m-commerce offerings and content, Equifax is continuing its dedication to developing virtual technology,” said Dann Adams, President of US Information Solutions at Equifax, Inc. “In 2009 alone, there was more than one billion in revenue from 200 million virtual customers, a number that’s expected to grow to 1.6 billion in 2010, and we want to be a major part of providing services to this growing consumer and business space.”

United Nations Citizens is now interviewing for jobs for online commissioned sales assistants and paid greeters to help members with questions and purchases in an extraordinary virtual world.

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