From news@news3.digex.net Fri Jul 7 06:27:25 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by saul5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA25353; Fri, 7 Jul 95 06:27:25 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA21561; Fri, 7 Jul 95 06:27:24 -0700 Received: from relay3.UU.NET (relay3.UU.NET [192.48.96.8]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id GAA10414 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 1995 06:27:22 -0700 Received: from news3.digex.net by relay3.UU.NET with SMTP id QQyxiz04327; Fri, 7 Jul 1995 09:27:29 -0400 Received: (from news@localhost) by news3.digex.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA14299; Fri, 7 Jul 1995 09:27:20 -0400 To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: access1!sunilg From: sunilg@access1.digex.net (Sunil Gupta) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds,alt.animals.dolphins,talk.religion.newage Subject: CyberFin Comes Home to InnerSense Date: 7 Jul 1995 13:27:19 GMT Organization: AquaThought Foundation Lines: 65 Message-Id: <3tjcnn$dsu@news3.digex.net> Nntp-Posting-Host: access1.digex.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Status: OR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24,1995 Contact: Steve Latham 213-462-4705 Cyberfin Immersive Dolphin Encounter Comes Home To InnerSpace Media Premiere & Press Conference Wednesday, June 28th, 8am-10 am Opens to Public, Saturday, June 31st (Santa Monica, CA) - Cyberfin, an immersive dolphin encounter which virtually transports guests into an underwater location populated with friendly and inquisitive dolphins, will premier to the media this Wednesday, June 28th, from 8 am - 10 am. The 15 minute news conference and individual demonstrations will be hosted at InnerSpace, a location-based mind exploration center located on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade. Members of the media are invited to enter Cyberfin's critically acclaimed watery world of sight, sounds, and feelings - presented in full sensory engagement virtual reality. The creators of Cyberfin: David Cole, founder and chairman of the AquaThought Foundation which developed Cyberfin, Don Estes, founder and president of InnerSense (parent company of InnerSpace), creator of the Vibrasound technology on which Cyberfin is based, and Christopher Carson, founder of Reverie Productions, producer of Cyberfin, will introduce the concept, research, technology, and values behind the Cyberfin project. Following the conference, refreshments will be served while each guest takes the Cyberfin plunge. InnerSpace is located at 1225 Third Street Promenade (between Wilshire and Arizona) in Santa Monica 310-260-7895. Cyberfin was first demonstrated to the public last July at SIGGRAPH 94, a conference which showcases the latest in multimedia and virtual reality technology. Cyberfin met with resounding success, receiving accolades on the television programs Beyond 2000 and Next Step, and in Wired Magazine, Mother Jones Magazine, Mondo 2000 Magazine, Computer Design Journal, and Virtual Reality Special Report Magazine. In an excerpt from an Internet discussion group following the SIGGRAPH conference, D. Frerichs said," I would like to congratulate Cyberfin's creators for developing an immersive environment which actually triggered an emotional response.... you get up with the biggest smile on your face. It was a great achievement in taking technology beyond crude hardware and turning it into a medium of expression." The AquaThought Foundation is a privately funded research organization which studies the neurological result of close dolphin contact and related therapeutic phenomena. AquaThought first created Cyberfin as a research tool for exploring dolphin assisted therapy. InnerSense has over 25 years of experience in Neurotechnology research and product development, and is the manufacturer of the Vibrasound technology that makes Cyberfin possible. In addition to their involvement in the initial design and manufacturing of Cyberfin, InnerSense is responsible for the further development and application of Cyberfin . Reverie Film Productions is an independent film company which is dedicated to producing content which expands audience perception of the natural world. Their collective of award-winning visionary artists have realized that goal in their creation of the Cyberfin content. Reverie is currently developing a fully interactive story line for Cyberfin which has been described as a "wearable documentary."