Social media users ready for a new experience can get their clicks
ready as a new social media network, www.vir2o.com, developed by United
States-based corporation, East Coast Diversified Corporation (ECDC) and
Wetwinds, now live on the internet.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday in Lagos, Chairman and CEO
of ECDC, Mr. Kayode Aladesuyi, a United States-based Nigerian, said he
was inspired to develop vir2o, after realising existing social media
websites weren’t really adding to ‘socialisation.’
Following finding, he got his software engineers to come up with an
improved platform and www.vir2o.com, a website that puts photos, music,
games, videos, and a marketplace, together on one platform, was born.
While vir2o has some common features with facebook and google+, it
distinguishes itself with nVite, a session sharing technology patented
by Aladesuyi, which allows users to share media contents such as videos
and photos with their friends or family in real-time.
This feature enables friends and family to for instance, watch a
movie or go shopping together, despite differences in locations.
“I wanted to make social media more exciting once again. About 68% of
relationships today are formed online. Vir2o is just all about adding
humanity to socialisation.” Aladesuyi explained.
Also on the website is facility for live chat, Vmovies, and
VBroadcast, which enables streaming of live events, such as concerts and
religious services.
Aladesuyi who is also interested in getting “black people to code
(computer programming)”, said Nigerian software developers now have a
platform on which they can develop locally-relevant applications,
thereby creating employment.
Acknowledging the challenge of online, Aladesuyi said extra levels of
security have been put on the website to guarantee that users can
decide the level of access and participation granted friends. Hence, the
power for a user to make his or her interactions on vir2o.com public or
private rests entirely on the individual user.
Presently, the website which launched in beta-stage in July, has 45 employees and about 3,000 unique users.
Aladesuyi spent his formative years in Lagos and holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the Alabama State University.
Before launching vir2o, he was CEO of EarthSearch Communications
International, an Atlanta-based logistics and RFID company where he
created the first wirelessly enabled communication between GPS and RFID.
He was also CEO of Planetlink Communication, a local Atlanta telephone service provider.
A former soccer coach with Cobb County Soccer league, Aladesuyi also
founded Vision Records/Vipro Studios, an Atlanta recording studio.
I hope it goes viral soon.....like y'all know Facebook.
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