V-friends to Keep You Company.(mobile game from Artificial Life Inc.)(Brief Article)

Wireless Week,  January, 2006  by Alleven, Monica

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By Monica Alleven Look out. The 2006 version of your imaginary friend may be coming to the United States this year. It's not so much a friend as a girlfriend or boyfriend, and in some cases, you can make that plural. Artificial Life, the company that brought the V-girlfriend to Asia, is talking with several carriers in the United States and expects to launch the V-girl and V-boy game here in the second quarter, according to Eberhard Schoneburg, CEO and chairman of Hong Kong-based Artificial Life.

The V-girl game has nine female characters, all with different looks ...

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