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URL: www.expoworld.netFor Release November 9, 1998
ExpoWorld.net Sponsors Avatars'98
TORONTO – ExpoWorld.net Sponsors Avatars '98, world's first 3D Global Online ConferenceOn November 21, 1998, Avatars '98 will make history as the world's first global online conference taking place fully in cyberspace and linked to 35 physical locations around the globe: http://www.ccon.org/conf98/index.html
Using special 3D software downloadable for free on the Internet, people from all parts of the world will be able to partake in this ground-breaking 3D cyber-conference using a simple modem connection to the internet. Avatars '98 produced by DigitalSpace Corporation in cooperation with the Contact Consortium will be complete with exhibits, speakers, educational and entertainment experiments, art shows, awards, and a debut of new technologies never seen before on the net.
Preview Exhibit Hall at:
http://www.ccon.org/conf98/exhibit.htmlSample of what you will look like as an Avatar:
http://www.ccon.org/conf98/whatsnew.htmlPhysical participating locations & institutions worldwide:
http://www.ccon.org/conf98/f2flocations.htmlYou will need to download Active Worlds Software to participate:
http://www.activeworlds.com/
The software installation is easy and once you have opened it, other friendly Avatars will greet you and take you to the Exhibition Hall. The software is also multilingual and you can find others who speak a variety of languages to guide you.
"We are proud to be associated with an event of such global magnitude," says John Passalacqua, ExpoWorld.net founder and principal. "If Avatars '98 proves successful, virtual 3D worlds immediately take their place as a new model for industry aggregation on a global scale. Event industry professionals cannot afford to ignore this fundamental paradigm shift in the way conferences, tradeshows and exhibitions will be staged in the future."
"ExpoWorld.net sponsorship of Avatars '98 bodes of the high profile that has come to be associated with the Contact Consortium and Avatars '98," says Bruce Damer, Contact Consortium Co-Director and Conference Chair. "ExpoWorld.net aggregates the Internet's top event search tools and represents the world's global event producing community online. We look forward to working with ExpoWorld.net and the events industry on developing 3D virtual world conferences and exhibitions that might one-day become the same mainstay as email or websites are today."
The Contact Consortium is the first global organization focused on inhabited virtual spaces on the Internet. The Consortium is a non-profit entity that consists of a broad membership of corporations, institutions and individuals working to ensure that a "cyberspace beyond the web document" will emerge as a powerful place to learn, play, work and interact in the 21st Century.
ExpoWorld.net is a metasite, a directory of directories and search engine linking to over 500 of the most important event-related Search Tools serving the events and international trade community worldwide. ExpoWorld.net Newsletter Online is a free, succinct monthly update of any new sites at ExpoWorld.net as well and pertinent industry news and articles.
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Contact Consortium
ExpoWorld.net
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Bruce Damer
John Passalacqua
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