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Image Metrics Buys Big Stage

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Santa Monica-based Image Metrics , a developer of facial animation technology, announced Thursday morning that it has acquired Big Stage , the developer of avatar creation software. Those avatars could be used in virtual worlds, video clips, video games, and for social networking sites. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Big Stage Adds Animated Avatars Into Skype

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Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , a developer of 3D avatar creation software, has released new software today which allows users of the popular Skype voice calling application to lip synch spoken words through a photo-realistic avatar. Tags: software plugin calling skype virtual avatar entertainment bigstage stage.

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Big Stage Opens API

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In conjunction with the new program, Big Stage said that it has signed on virtual world developer Icarus Studios, and virtual conferencing firm The Venue Network as two companies using the new APIs. Big Stage is backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Venture, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>

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Los Angeles Tech Launched - Hot List

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There are some very cool new features being released all the time as part of the software that powers this system. In other words, it uses what is happening: with the content out in the network with searches that land on the site, what happens when people visit the site, and various other kinds of behaviors.

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Venture Conference Highlights SoCal Startups

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David Sacks, one of the co-founders of PayPal, pitched Geni.com, an online site focused on both family trees and social networking. The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users. READ MORE>>