AuctionServices.com, Inc. partners with Media Semantics To Provide Intuitive Consumer Assistance To Auction Websites

"AuctionServices.com, Inc. and, our subsidiary company, Blue Ridge Digital, a leading multi-media production company, are working with Media Semantics to take Avatar technology to new and exciting levels." says Richard A. Romanus, Sr., President/CEO of AuctionServices.com, inc. and Blue Ridge Digital. "The Avatar technology has not yet come into its own because there has not been a clear direction for this technology in the Internet world other than "talking heads". However, I can see many areas for this technology to be used, coupled with our web and video production services, that will surely define its capabilities in many useful areas of a website."

Can you imagine a visitor to your website at 11:00 PM that wants to know how to register for an auction without reading through multiple pages of information? An Avatar could pop out and tell them - as well as show them - what they need to do, step-by-step. Or, if this same visitor wanted to know more information about a property location and the schools, churches, etc. in the area, the Avatar could interact with them to answer all of their questions, as well as redirect them to accompanying web pages or sites.

Romanus said with their capabilities to furnish professional voiceovers in less than 12 hours and their video editing abilities, a video can be displayed on a web site along with an Avatar - with a professional voice doing the gestures and descriptions. The Avatar would additionally have the ability to stop and start the video at specific points of interest that would need more details.

Media Semantics has broken new ground with this technology making Avatars much more user-friendly, with the ability to play across almost any bandwidth. The partnership between these companies will produce a product and service for the auction industry that will give the real live professional auctioneers the ability to distinguish themselves from the more-or-less garage sales like Ebay and others. The code of ethics that the professional live auctioneers present to the public will be able to be delivered via Avatars, 24/7, on each and every one of their websites so that the public can take advantage of their credibility and virtually fraud-free buying.

Romanus had an avatar developed in his likeness and plans to unveil this new exciting technology at The 56th International Auctioneers Conference and Show, Pittsburg, PA, July 18 - 23, 2005.

"People want the Internet to be more like television, but with something that television has not yet been able to master - direct interactivity", Romanus said.

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Contact Info: Stuart Bain
Blue Ridge Digital
540-345-9811