iPhone 4 Draw Winner

Congratulations to the winner of our iPhone 4 draw, Arpana Prajapati!!

With the well documented problems with the iPhone 4, Arpana has opted for an iPad instead, which will be a great device to be mingling from when Mingleverse releases an iPad app (coming soon, stay tuned).

Arpana has been making great use of Mingleverse since she found the app on Facebook:

"I will really like to thank Mingleverse for making my life easier. It is so convenient for me to chat with my parents back in India, share my latest pictures from FB album and enjoy an amazing voice quality. The 3D room presence almost makes me feel at home. With YouTube in built, I can now watch recorded episodes with my family from a distance. Thank you so much MV team!"

Meet Alina

Alina has more than 7 years of experience in software engineering and software testing, specializing in the development of client-side and service oriented solutions and the development of rich internet applications using Flash. Alina is originally from Russia, but now calls Vancouver her home.

Mingleverse 3D Telepresence running on Google Nexus One/Flash Player!

The video is pretty raw, but here is a sneak peek of Mingleverse running on a Google Nexus One (running Andriod 2.2 and Adobe Flash Player 10.1). Still lots of work to be done, but Mingleverse on mobile devices is not too far away.

Meet Brad

Brad has joined us as a summer intern from Capilano University where he studies Interactive Design. Brad specializes in HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Wireframing… and the list goes on. He's from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and is married to Laura.

BTW, this guy can sing!

Our mom thinks we're handsome, but apparently not, so one of Brad's first jobs is to give our website a facelift - keep your eye out, it should be happening very soon.

Mingle in Full Screen Mode

We added a simple but very useful feature last week - you can now expand your mingle room to take up your full screen. Even though it's a small change, it makes a big difference and really makes the mingle feel more immersive. It's especially useful in our Facebook Application because apps have to fit within their walls, but this button allows you to escape the small area that they give us.

Keep in mind that for security reasons Flash does not allow text entry while in full screen mode, so if you find yourself using the text chat or need to search for a YouTube video you'll have to temporarily exit full screen mode by pressing the 'Esc' key on your keyboard.

Just a side note to help avoid any confusion. We continue to have our expand media button which is a separate function from Full Screen... it will take the presentation/picture/video off of the wall and bring it to the front and center of your view. Once you try it once you'll see what I mean.

Meet Aaron

Aaron is one of our engineers. Formally, Aaron has over 5 years experience in software development and consumer electronics, with a focus on building web-based applications. But after creeping his Facebook profile we can get some more fun information. Aaron grew up in Chilliwack, B.C, went to school at UBC and is married to Elanor. Aaron seems to love having his heart broken - he's a diehard Canucks fan and is cheering for England in the World Cup.

Aaron's suggestion for a good laugh: Fake Yo-Yo Trickster Fools Every TV Station Everywhere

Win An iPhone 4

Today Apple announced the iPhone 4... and we think it's really cool. We're even excited enough about it to camp overnight to get one. We figured that while we're there we may as well pick up a couple for our minglers and host a contest to decide the winners!

Mingle To Win An iPhone 4
For every 1,000 people to enter the contest we'll be giving away an iPhone 4!

All you have to do to enter is go to www.mingleverse.com/contest and sign-in using Facebook Connect.

And be sure to invite your friends because the more people that enter, the more chances you have to win!

-- Good luck --