OmniDate Virtual Dating

Does the choice of a virtual venue really make a difference?  It appears so.

We took a sample of 10,000 virtual dates and compared the duration of dates across various venues.

Surprisingly, some virtual dating venues appear to be consistently associated with longer “Time on Date” - and the difference can be quite substantial, as much as 40% in some cases - suggesting that the virtual dating ambiance can significantly impact the dating experience.

Also interesting to note that people tend to enjoy their “in-door” dating venues (e.g., a coffee shop) longer than the “out-door” venues (e.g., a park).  Hmmm, I wonder why.

So, where do you like to go on your virtual dates?

OmniDate has made it to the final round of the iDate Awards competition in the category of Best New Technology. The iDate competition highlights companies and technologies that represent the best and most innovative aspects of the Internet dating and matchmaking industry.

OmniDate has developed a 3D virtual dating product that can be plugged in quickly and easily into any dating or social networking site.

Check out our new product website at http://corp.omnidate.com.  It explains in greater details what virtual dating is and how to get it up-and-running on your dating or social networking site.  We are trying to make it super easy for sites to plug-in our virtual dating technology … btw, the last integration took less than 2 hrs start to finish!

Please visit our new site and let us know what you think.

Datebility.com is committed to being socially inclusive, specifically in regard to the disability community.  Founders of the site are also committed to improving the online dating process.  While some websites provide matches based on “dimensions” or other psychological profiling, Datebility.com puts the power of matchmaking into the hands of their members by giving them the tools to find the right matches and start real-life relationships.  Great job!

Make sure to check out Datebility.com.

The NY Daily News reports that giving people too many choices can backfire. Users of online dating Web sites actually experience a “cognitive overload” and make poorer decisions as a result. The article concludes that “Yet there is hope — at least in the online dating world. A new start-up company, called OmniDate, offers users the chance to interact with 3-D avatars in a virtual world, revealing information about themselves that may only come out through conversation.”

We agree: Virtual dating addresses a big gap in the online dating process and can effectively neutralize “cognitive overload.” (more…)

Virtual experiences are sometimes dismissed as unrelated to the real world.  However there is mounting evidence that virtual experiences are actually linked closely with our daily life.

For example, a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience earlier this year illustrates an effect of a virtual experience on people’s choices.  Volunteers who played a simple cycling game learned to favour one team’s jersey and avoid another’s.  Days later, most subjects were subconsciously drawn to one jersey and shunned the other in a real-world test.  Other studies have found that virtual experiences can influence our emotions, help treat post-traumatic stress disorder, and even trigger the same biological pathways as food and cocaine. (more…)

Virtual dating is proving to be a highly effective tool for improving online user experience and real life success, as well as increasing user activity, time on site, etc.

As this technology continues to evolve, an interesting question arises: How “real” should virtual dating be?

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Julie Spira, best-selling author and host of “Ask the Cyber-Dating Expert” Radio Show, speaks with Ravit Abelman from OmniDate.

Would you like to know about kissing on a virtual date?  Click here to listen to an abridged version of the broadcast: Julie and Ravit discuss virtual dating

How does one compete successfully in the hyper-competitive online dating space?

A couple of books provide a valuable perspective: The future of online dating belongs to Visionaries, not Historian.

The first book, “Blue Ocean” by Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne views the world from the business strategy perspective. It uses the metaphor of red and blue oceans to describe the market universe. (more…)