From root@nntp3.u.washington.edu Sat Apr 8 13:19:59 1995 Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA14241; Sat, 8 Apr 95 13:19:59 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA26879; Sat, 8 Apr 95 13:19:59 -0700 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA03234; Sat, 8 Apr 1995 13:15:35 -0700 Received: from nntp3.u.washington.edu (root@nntp3.u.washington.edu [140.142.64.1]) by beaver.cs.washington.edu (8.6.12/7.1be+) with SMTP id NAA26213 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 1995 13:19:39 -0700 Return-Path: Received: by nntp3.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA25828; Sat, 8 Apr 95 13:19:50 -0700 X-Sender: root@nntp3.u.washington.edu To: sci-virtual-worlds@june.cs.washington.edu Path: root From: Toni Emerson Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Re: PUB: Knowledge Adventure Date: 8 Apr 1995 20:19:49 GMT Organization: University of Washington Lines: 18 Message-Id: <3m6r55$p60@nntp3.u.washington.edu> References: <3m6o64$o0v@nntp3.u.washington.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: nntp1.u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1b3 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Url: news:3m6o64$o0v@nntp3.u.washington.edu Status: OR The article was in the Wall Street Journal, April 3, 1995, Monday, Technology Section "Taking Blowfish to Enliven the Internet: Software Firm to Offer Colorful Imagery for User Chats. Knowledge Adventure Worlds Inc. (referred in posting today by Andrew Smith, ONLINE: Interactive Worlds Fair mentions their WWW site-- URL: http://www.kaworlds.com) offers a "cyber-hangout" called Worlds Chat. The environment is called the "space station", users can walk through hallways, go outdoors to a plaza and select 3-D characters to represent themselves (called digital actors or avatars). The Worlds Fair will feature business sponsored pavilions. By the end of the year, Knowledge Adventure Worlds hopes to develop a World Trade Center where companies can display products. =10