"Cosmic Factory" has started trial and error again.
According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, in order to reduce costs and increase efficiency, the social App Party Island project team has been cut off, and the project team members have returned to the original team of the middle platform.
Since the public beta in early July, the party island has only been retained for three months.
In fact, the project team was cut down is not without trace. In late July, some netizens discovered that the Party Island was removed from the app stores such as Huawei , Xiaomi , Apple , and other apps, and it is rumored that it is a security process-related issue.
Although the party island itself has no direct connection with the three words "metauniverse", because it focuses on virtual scene social interaction, it is generally considered by the outside world to be a signal that ByteDance enters the metaverse.
According to reports, the slogan of the party island is "no one is an isolated island". As a real-time event social platform, users can DIY their image here, including facial features and clothing, and then participate in various activities on the island as virtual people, looking for partners with similar interests to chat, listen to music, and watch videos.
For party island, ByteDance used to be serious.
According to Tianyancha App, in October 2021, Douyin Vision Co., Ltd. applied for multiple "Party Island" trademarks, with international classifications including education and entertainment, scientific instruments, communication services, etc. Most of them have been successfully registered.
According to financial reports, the copyright of iOS and Android version software of Party Island was also registered and approved in December 2021. The version number is V1.0.0, and the copyright owner is Beijing Zhidi Infinity Technology Co., Ltd. . The company was established in July 2021 and is indirectly wholly owned by Douyin Co., Ltd.
I hope no one is an isolated party island, but now it has become an empty island, which makes people feel a little sad.
But this does not mean that ByteDance has given up on the meta-universe social track.
According to Tech Planet, after launching the virtual image "Douyin Zaizai", Douyin launched the virtual space "Douyin Xiaonian" not long ago, similar to the "QQ Xiaonian" of the Tencent super QQ show, completing social interaction in the virtual space through virtual image.
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really needs to be said. Such functions do not seem to be much different from the disappearing party island, except that Douyin can provide a large user base for virtual social networking.
According to a Douyin operator, Douyin Zaizai and the accompanying Douyin nest are all social functions that it attaches importance to internally. "One after another" like
actually has the style of ByteDance. You have to try it in all fields, and stop the loss in time after trial and error, and then try and make mistakes, and finally find a path that suits you.
This is also one of the reasons why netizens gave it the nickname "Cosmic Factory".
