Arsenal Interactive Launches HeyCosmoSM to Connect People Online Through Users` Live Video

Released on = June 20, 2007, 8:33 am

Press Release Author = Adriana Gascoigne

Industry =

Press Release Summary = Company enhances social networking experience with new
interactivity service

Press Release Body = Mountain View, Calif. - June 19, 2007 - Arsenal Interactive
Inc., today launched the public beta version of HeyCosmoSM (www.heycosmo.com), a
stimulating, entertaining and interactive, free web-cam service based on a social
video networking platform, enabling live interactivity and communication on the
Internet.

Friends, social communities and businesses can simultaneously watch, create,
broadcast, and share content online by using a broad range of features through
HeyCosmo's directory, IM, blogs and search engines. Users can create live channels
on just about anything. HeyCosmo's technology supports up to 10 live web-cam video
participants, and up to 50 people can listen, watch, and chat during the session. In
addition, HeyCosmo'sSM technology provides individuals and businesses monetization
options for their content utilizing a fee for service model.

At the center of the HeyCosmo experience is a real-presence, multimedia window that
can display just about anything on your desktop including, videos, images, games, or
whatever participants choose to share and view together instantaneously. During its
launch, HeyCosmoSM will showcase the world's first live, multi-playable Texas
Hold'em poker game bringing the world of virtual gaming to life. Imagine the
possibilities of playing a virtual game of poker at 30 frames per second. It's just
like being in the same room, around the same poker table.

HeyCosmo will enable users to enjoy and partake in the following activities:

. Gaming will include live poker tournaments (with points and winnable prizes) and
other community-based activities such as Draft Day Parties, Fantasy League sports,
and dance/music/karaoke activities.

. Sharing activities will benefit from the tremendous increase of interest in sites
such as MySpace and Flickr. However, users can now share experiences and contents
live with real-time video with family, friends, and members of their virtual
communities.

. Showing is expected to redefine the ability to use the web to educate, inform, and
engage in hobbies and pastimes. For example, browsing a web in real-time within
HeyCosmoSM with a group of participants can enable a more engaging and powerful ad
hoc discussion and informational exchange, including cooking demonstrations, IT
training, and enthusiast discussions.

"HeyCosmoSM has pioneered a new way for people to interact as if they were
face-to-face, using a web-based video technology connecting people no matter where
they are.\" said James H. Im, president and CEO, Arsenal Interactive, Inc.
"HeyCosmoSM represents the evolution of casual games, chat rooms, social networks
and video networks by empowering people to interact, communicate and share their
favorite things on the web with others around the corner or around the world."

The magic behind HeyCosmoSM is a high-quality interactive multimedia engine
developed using proprietary video, audio, and multi-party call control technologies.
Arsenal\'s engineering team consists of innovative industry veterans who have
collaborated for the past six years to build proven and scalable multimedia service
platforms in collaboration with various industry standard groups and service
provider entities. The technology behind HeyCosmoSM was originally developed by one
of the world\'s renowned research and development center s, which was further
optimized and customized by Arsenal Interactive, Inc. for HeyCosmoSM.


Bringing social networking to the next level with HeyCosmoSM is easy. Please visit :
http://www.heycosmo.com

About Arsenal Interactive, Inc.
Founded in November 2006, Arsenal Interactive, Inc. is a web-cam based social video
network company enabling everything live! Arsenal Interactive's next generation
portal, HeyCosmoSM, is built upon its proven and scalable technologies by a team of
industry executives and engineers in emerging technologies, media, sports, and
multimedia communications applications including advanced video codecs, wireless
multimedia and real time multimedia services. Arsenal Interactive, Inc. is privately
held and headquartered in Mountain View, Calif.

Contact Information:
Adriana Gascoigne
FutureWorks
415 216 6024
Adriana@future-works.com


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Contact Details = Contact Information:
Adriana Gascoigne
FutureWorks
415 216 6024
Adriana@future-works.com

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