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Blerp creates layers on web sites

RocketOn has launched Blerp, a service that allows anyone to post videos or comments on top of existing sites. It could be controversial because it doesn’t require permission from the site owner…

Imagine taking any video on YouTube or photo on Flickr and posting it on top of any website you choose:

   * If your favorite band has a website, but it doesn’t have the latest concert videos, you can go to YouTube, find those videos and post them right on the band’s website for everyone to see.

   * Or if your favorite gossip site is missing out on the latest rumors, you can add them to the mix.

   * Or if CNN is covering a story but doesn’t see it the way you do, you can add your POV to the article by posting comments, photos, maps, polls, data and more.

With Blerp, people can effortlessly layer content and comments over whatever site they choose and share their layers with friends. Blerp requires no download and no browser plug-in.

Users simply go to Blerp.com and can see all the discussions that are taking place online. When a user clicks on a discussion, they’re taken to the website and can see the blerps (user-generated posts) on the left-hand side of the screen. Each blerp represents either a comment, photo, video or some other widget that a user has placed on top of the site.

Blerp is structured as a giant social forum that spans the Net. Not only can you join in discussions, but you can see what and where your friends are blerping. In this way, Blerp is the ultimate comment board, where you login once and start a dialogue across an unlimited number of sites.

Blerp originated from the idea of hyperlayers. In a layered universe, instead of websites being exclusively controlled by whomever owns the domain name, every domain will be open to anyone who wants to access or alter it. Over each domain will exist independent layers, where users can interact with one another, share content and dispense information.

For more details on hyperlayers, you can read Captain Hoff’s Blog at http://www.captainhoff.com/?cat=9

You can also see our demo video on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vVWP2YNHE4

BLERP is owned and operated by RocketOn, Inc., a venture-funded startup that has been pioneering hyperlayers for the past two years. RocketOn’s virtual world was the first implementation of a layered virtual space that spans the Web. Blerp is the company’s second.

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