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. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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