6rounds video chat extension to be featured as part of Google Wave

6rounds has been selected as one of Google Wave’s first featured extensions. 6rounds serves as a live meeting point with a real-time web collaboration platform, taking interactive shared experiences to a whole new level. 6rounds bridges the gap between the online and the offline world and brings a joyful, playful and fun approach to meeting friends and new people.

September 29, 2009 (Inquisitr Wire) — 6rounds, a product from GixOO Ltd., is the first video chat extension to be featured on Google Wave. A “wave” is equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps and more. Anticipated to be a useful tool for communication and collaboration, 6rounds is excited to be a part of this innovative product and platform.

Anyone who doesn’t have a Google Wave account can enjoy the benefits of the video chat platform at www.6rounds.com.

“Video chatting in Wave was a top requested feature,” said Lars Rasmussen, Engineering Manager at Google. “The 6rounds extension brings another level of collaboration to Google Wave and we’re excited to see how people use it.”

TheNextWeb.com says in a blog article, “In reality 6rounds has taken everything we’ve seen in the Instant Messaging space to the next level and delivers an unprecedented, emotionally engaging and fascinating experience which is so much fun, you have to try it yourself.”

As a cross platform environment, 6rounds combines webcam video chat, social activities and interactive zones to offer its users an exciting variety of experiences that they enjoy and share together live and in real-time. The 6rounds platform and the wave gadget will allow its participants to do a variety of shared interactive activities, including watching videos, reading news, playing multi-player games, listening to music, e-learning,
co-Facebooking, shopping together and much more.

The 6rounds platform can be easily added to any third party website or service. The video chat platform also offers an open API which will welcome developers and designers in all concentrations to create fun and exciting additions to enrich the experience and allow users to enjoy even more different activities and games with their friends.