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From: Axel Roselius <100416.614@compuserve.com>
To: Toni Emerson <scivw@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Van Gogh TeleVision
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Axel, send that information to Toni Emerson at scivw@u.washington.edu,
for general posting to the newsgroup.  Sorry I can't get to the West
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Bob


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Van Gogh TeleVision: 'Worlds Within' 

Since 10 years Van Gogh TeleVision is researching and developing interactive
media. Several prototypes went on air/on-line, among them the first interactive
live-TV program 'Piazza virtuale', which broadcast for 100 days and generated
more than 110.000 callers per hour. The latest project 'Worlds Within' shows the
future of todays on-line-services and interactive TV-shows as well.

'Worlds Within' is a computerbased communication-infrastructure, that will be
featured in the Atlanta Olympics 1996. Each user who enters this 3-dimensional
virtual world is visualized, so he can be seen and approached by the other
participants. Simultaneously he himself can see the architecture of the 'Worlds
Within' as well as the other users and is able to navigate within the world.

'Worlds Within' offers full multimedia capabilities: Text, sound, graphics,
speech and video can be used for a rich and colorful communication. Participants
can chat, speak to each other, paint pictures, play music, show video, save
documents for other users, send and receive private mail and participate in
games.

'Worlds Within' in the current hard- and software configuration is capable to
handle 1700 users simultaneously. The configuration of this system is scaleable
and enables it to be upgraded to higher capacities. 'Worlds Within' can be
accessed with either touch-tone phones only  or computers and modems and via the
Internet. 

 'Worlds Within' is different from every other On-line service 
	in terms of: 
- the 3D environment, that can truly be experienced by every user,
- the graphic representation of the world as well as the users,
- the possibility for telephone- and computerusers to get together and to
communicate with each other,
- being an open system. The user cannot only access saved documents, chat or
send mail, he can also design the world, add new features and facilities, can
actually be a partner in the creation of the 'Worlds Within'.
- the 'Reality Stage', a platform on which humans can physically enter 'Worlds
Within' and from where interactive TV-shows can be broadcast.

'Worlds Within' will go on-line for the 1996 Olympiad to benefit from the
worldwide publicity. To assure the development and installation of the system,
Van Gogh TeleVision is currently looking for partners. 


Van Gogh TV is in the US until Friday, June 30.

Please call us for appointments, demonstrations or further information.

US cellular: (917) 859-4548

or

e-mail: 100416.614@compuserve.com