以色列的新兴公司Rounds正在为Facebook研发一款以社交游戏玩家和资深社交网络用户为主要服务对象的视频聊天平台。

其主旨是满足玩家和社交网络用户们一边游戏一边网聊的需求。

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“我们正尝试着在一种妙趣横生，即时协作的环境中缩短现实和网络世界之间的距离。”共同创办者兼执行总裁Dany Fishel说。“这并不仅仅强调与说话者面对面。人们希望通过网络与朋友互相交流经验，晒视频，玩游戏，从而更加贴近和了解彼此。这是我们Rounds所关注的：发掘in person对话中的情感成分，并将其体现在网络中。

这也意味着说它能够开拓出目前facebook玩家期待但仍不具备的一些功能。

Facebook上的许多应用程序都是不同步的，玩家们玩游戏的进程也是单一的，即时游戏的玩家数就更少了，但是确实存在一定数量的游戏玩家在同一时刻玩同一游戏。Facebook的用户也进行过很多即时文本聊天。

这家坐落于特拉维夫的公司相信视频聊天的时代已经到来。现在，许多移动设备如上网本或智能手机都有内置网络摄像头，用户们能够更加便捷地与朋友分享生活。如今，成千上百的人们在Rounds的平台上进行即时游戏，如同共同生活一般，一起拍摄生活小照，观看YouTube视频，听音乐，晒照片。

不需要任何形式的下载。

这家早期名为6rounds.com的公司自我重塑为Rounds，由Fishel和Ilan Leibovich 于2008年创立，已经获得了由Rhodium和Startup Factory提供的将近2百万美元的投资。

Rounds debuts video chat for Facebook social gamers

Israeli startup Rounds is launching a video chat platform for Facebook that will target social gamers and other heavy social network users.

The idea is to let gamers and other social networking users to chat in real time while engaging in various fun social activities and games.

“We’re trying to bridge the offline and online worlds, through a fun, real-time, collaborative environment,” said co-founder and CEO Dany Fishel. “It’s not just about seeing the person you’re talking to – people want to share the experience of being online together, show each other cool videos, play games and feel close to one another. This is what we are focused on at Rounds – tapping into the emotional aspect of an in-person conversation and trying to replicate that online.”

This represents an attempt to stretch users beyond what they already do on Facebook. Most apps on Facebook are asynchronous, where people play multiplayer games one turn at a time. Real-time games are a relatively small part of the audience, but they do exist. Facebook users also do a lot of real-time text chat.

But the Tel Aviv-based company believes the time for video chat has come. Many devices, even netbooks and smartphones, come with webcams built into them these days. Users are more comfortable sharing their lives with other users. Hundreds of thousands of people currently use Rounds’ platform to play real-time games, take funny snapshots of themselves, watch YouTube videos together, listen to music and share photos, as if they were in the same room.

No download is necessary.The company, formerly known as 6rounds.com, is rebranding itself as Rounds. Rounds was founded in 2008 by Fishel and Ilan Leibovich. It has raised $2 million in venture funding from Rhodium and Startup Factory.(source:venturebeat)