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Lift off

And we have lift off...

Finally - we're done. Well, Ok, the first beta version of the TVP client is fully cooked. We had a bit of a last minute frenzy to get the UI shipshape - but all is well now.

The next months will bring successive releases with more robust streaming, a video decoder which stutters a lot less, way, way more content, increased interactivity and a whole range of other features, tweaks and improvements (and a few nice surprises).

However we are not going to wait for that. While we're still very much in the beta phase, we have a strong proof of concept now. The main point of this release is to get the tires kicked by many thousands of people; rapidly climbing to much higher numbers (we'll be giving out invitation tokens) until we have gotten all our servers, fibers and datacenters fully on line around the globe.

So welcome to our beta- have fun!

Fredrik de Wahl, CEO - The Venice Project

Posted by Fredrik de Wahl on Dec 12, 06 |