| Website | 8dworld.com/Engli... |
| Category | Games, Video and Entertainment |
| contactus@8dworld... | |
| Employees | |
| Description | Virtual world site |
| TOTAL | $12.3M |
| FUNDING TOTAL | $12.3M |
| Series A, 3/08 Spark Capital Gobi Partners | $7M |
| Series B, 12/10 | $5.25M |
8D World provides an online virtual world for global English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners to learn and improve spoken English in a motivating and contextually relevant “language environment.”
8D World leverages innovative product design and proprietary speech technologies to build an immersive language environment—Wiz World Online. This immersive virtual world allows language learners to practice speaking and listening skills at their own pace and in a motivating and fun manner. Wiz World Online is currently being used by a continuously growing user group in China and soon around the world.
| Website | wizworldonline.com |
| Launch Date | July 16, 2009 |
Wiz World Online is a virtual world for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students, focusing on helping those students improve their spoken English. The program was launched in China in July 2009, and is looking to expand to South Korea and Japan.
