From: pkelman@io.org (Paul Kelman) Subject: ANNOUNCE: AVR Corp. - VR World @ Multimedia Conference Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 10:14:10 -0700 ******************************************************************* ** CALL FOR EXHIBITORS ** ******************************************************************* ** VIRTUAL REALITY WORLD @ MULTIMEDIA ** VIRTUAL REALITY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION AT MULTIMEDIA TORONTO Conference May 22 -25 Trade Show May 23-25 Metropolitan Toronto Convention Center ******************************************************************** Multimedia Trade Shows Inc. has appointed AVR Corporation, Canada's leading Virtual Reality solutions company, to assist in coordinating Virtual Reality World@MULTIMEDIA. Now in its sixth year, MULTIMEDIA is one of North America's largest events for the multimedia communications industry. The overwhelming success of the 1995 event held last spring and the response from more than 18,000 professionals who attended has prompted show organizers to expand the VR sector of the 1996 show. VIRTUAL REALITY WORLD@MULTIMEDIA will include a large exhibit area for VR companies fro m across North America. This will be the first major exhibition of Virtual Reality Media in Canada THE VR EXHIBIT & CONFERENCE The purpose of the VR Exhibition and the Conference series is to introduce VR media, its technologies and uses to the professional Canadian Multimedia and visual industries and lead the way to the next step in the convergence of New Media to the application of 3D real-time interactive visualization and augmented reality. This is the first time in Canada where the market will have the opportunity to view and experience a comprehensive range of what Virtual Reality has to offer. THE MARKET AVR has been developing the Canadian market in applied VR since 1993 and is dedicated to the establishment and growth of a VR industry in Canada. There are thousands of existing companies using multimedia in Canada with a rapid rate of growth in the corporate sector, education, the graphics, television production, communications and commercial photographywhich are the target audience of MULTIMEDIA . This year MULTIMEDIA will also be hosting the membership of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) Conference whose leaders and decision-makers will be guests of the Show. * EXHIBITOR BENEFITS * Exposure to the Canadian Market AVR corporation and Multimedia Trade Shows inc. believe that the Canadian market is ready and willing to be exposed to the potential that VR has to offer the multimedia industry. What is needed to open up this largely untapped market to VR application is access and knowledge. Access to accurate and comprehensive information about Virtual Reality and a first-hand view of what's available, what's real and what works. Both the Conference series and the Exhibit are meant to educate the multimedia professional and bring the professional up to speed on VR media. Your participation will ensure that your company and its products are firmly established at the forefront of the Canadian market's awareness of VR technologies and their use. Through the inevitable convergence of multimedia, communications and Virtual Reality, AVR and Multimedia Trade Shows inc. envision a rapid and exponential growth in VR development and application adding Canada's membership to the global Reality Industrial Complex as an important contributor. Extensive Marketing and PR Virtual Reality World@MULTIMEDIA will be the first comprehensive national exposition in Canada, offering the full range of VR technologies and applications. This year 140,000 Information packs on the show will be mailed out across North America and 80,000 polybagged information packs included in the leading Canadian graphics, corporate communications and multimedia industry magazine publications which are distributed nationally. Those VR companies who sign up prior to the publication deadline will be listed and benefit from the exposure to Multimedia Trade Shows massive mailing-list. Any Virtual Reality company signing up can also take advantage of the MULTIMEDIA web site hot links and Virtual Trade Show. In addition, as in past years, national, regional and local coverage in newspapers and television media are secured. The PR blitz on the show covers a six-month period of extensive exposure prior to the event. 46irst Exhibitor Deadline Submit your Exhibitor application with down payment by January 15, 1996 and you will be guaranteed exposure in the Multimedia PR pack going out to 140,000 recipients in North America. EXHIBITOR INFORMATION The Exhibitor Package which will be mailed to you is all the information you need to be an Exhibitor at Virtual Reality World@MULTIMEDIA. Faxed Exhibitor application available on request. EXHIBIT FEES: Exhibit space rates include drayage fees. SPACE RATES $22.95 per square foot Up to 400 square feet $21.50 per square foot 401 to 601 square feet $20.70 per square foot 601 to 801 square feet $20.00 per square foot 801 square feet & up PREMIUM EXPOSURE Single 10 x 10 square foot two aisle or more exposure Add $350.00 20 x 10 square foot island four aisle exposure Add $700.00 Rates quoted in Canadian Dollars. If paying with US funds reduce rates by 25%. --------------------------- TERMS: * 20% Deposit must accompany contract. * The balance is due as follows: - 40% due December 1, 1994. - 40% due March 1, 1995. --------------------------- INCLUDED IN THE COST OF YOUR EXHIBIT SPACE: * Drayage. Save $$$. Standard drayage fees are included. * 24 Hour professional Security. * Direct access to exhibit hall through drive-in door. * Complimentary listing in Official Show Program. (Subject to press deadlines) * Complimentary guest invitations. * Aisle Carpeting. * Computerized Registration and retrieval system. * Comprehensive Exhibitor manual. * Hyperlink from our WebSite to yours. ** VIRTUAL REALITY WORLD@MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE SERIES ** 1. INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUAL REALITY: THE TECHNOLOGY & APPLIED USAGE 2. HOW A VIRTUAL WORLD IS CREATED (NON-PROGRAMMER TUTORIAL) 3. VRML: THE WORLD WIDE WEB IN REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE 3D (LIVE & TELECONF) 4. STATE OF THE GLOBAL VR INDUSTRY - TRUTH VS. "AIRFARE" (INDUSTRY PANEL) 5. THE BUSINESS OF VR: OPPORTUNITIES, INVESTMENT, TRANSITION. 6. VR ENTERTAINMENT: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE (SEE Conference Series Detail below) QUESTIONS & INQUIRIES contact: Paul Kelman AVR Corporation V: (416) 465-3110 46x: (416) 465-3539 E-mail: pkelman@io.org Jai Cole Vice-President Multimedia Trade Shows Inc. V: (905) 660-2491 46x: (905) 660-2492 E-mail: jcole@multimedia.ca Website: multimedia.magic.ca 3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D 3D ********************************************* ** CALL FOR VR INDUSTRY PANELISTS AND SPEAKERS ** ********************************************* VIRTUAL REALITY WORLD @MULTIMEDIA 46IRST DEADLINE for committment to this engagement must be confirmed no later than Monday, January 8,1996 for Speakers and Panelists to be included in the North American mailout. Please contact Paul Kelman to discuss your participation as soon as possible. We want to hear from you. As space is limited on the panels, preference will be given to panelists whose companies who are committed to exhibiting. ** NOTE: Although some of the conference positions are filled most are as yet unconfirmed or open as of this emailing. ** 3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D 3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D VR Conference Series Outline 3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D 3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D 1. INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) *SPKR TBA* Historically Virtual or "augmented" Reality was originally conceived by the military for flight simulation in the 1960's. In the last few years VR has become familiar as an entertainment medium. Today VR is on the verge of becoming the next media for applied usage in both consumer and professional markets. Like the computer and the telephone it promises to become the next wave in ubiquitous technology and communications media. This seminar will introduce the attendee to the VR media, its concepts, technology and vocabulary. 2. VR WORLD BUILDING FOR NON-PROGRAMMERS *SPKR TBA* What is a Virtual World? How is one constructed? Attendees will experience the step by step process of contracting a VR world within a non-programming environment on a PC-based platform. A point-and-click VR Toolkit will be used to expose the essentials of world building without the complication of programming language. 3. VRML: THE WORLD WIDE WEB IN REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE 3D SPEAKER: Bernie Roehl & TBA 46irst there was the Internet, a text-based medium for distance communication. Then came the World Wide Web adding a graphical interface for text and pictures using HTML for publishing web sites. Welcome to VRML, pronounced "vermel", (Virtual Reality Mark-up Language) poised to transform the web into a real-time interactive, networked, three-dimensional, distance-communications medium for personal expression, communication, business, education and entertainment. The significance of VRML is that it is rapidly being recognized by both the VR and communications industry as the gateway to ubiquitous access and use by the mass market of the Virtual Reality medium. This will likely be the catalyst that drives the VR industry to the mainstream in the very near future. 4. STATE OF THE GLOBAL VR INDUSTRY - TRUTH VS. "AIR WARE" (PANEL) *some positions open* HOST-MODERATOR: Paul Kelman,Pres., AVR Corporation Panel discussion by North American VR industry leaders and thinkers on the true state of the VR industry today and where its realistically headed in the near future. Attendees will have the opportunity of discussing issues with the panel. 5. THE BUSINESS OF VR (PANEL) *some positions open* HOST-MODERATOR: Paul Kelman, Pres., AVR Corporation More and more, investors, companies and industries are starting to look at the business opportunities presented by this new media. How will industries like multimedia make the transition into VR? What are its applications? Seminar on the economics of VR development, applications and use, markets, and investment 6. VR ENTERTAINMENT: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE *OPEN* 3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D 3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D ABOUT AVR CORPORATION AVR Corporation is a privately held company located in Toronto, Canada. AVR is Canada's central resource for Virtual Reality Media offering a unique solution to VR media needs. AVR's business activities include; VR Master Consultancy & Research; VR Systems Integration; Direct & Value-Added Sale and Distribution of VR technologies; Custom VR Environments development. AVR's newly formed subsidiary, WEB SIGHT & Associates, offers a full Web Service Solution with emphasis on 3D interactive web-sites which will be compliant with Netscape,VRML, JAVA and MEME. AVR's alliances include Imaginative Entertainment Inc., Global Internet Associates Inc., Digital Images, MONA Arts & Technology and Multimedia Trade Shows Inc.. AVR's Virtual Reality product representation in Canada include the following : Virtual Research Inc., VREAM Inc., Criterion Software, Virtual I/O, 2Morrow Products, Digital Images. Other related product lines include Apple Canada (VAR-MONA Arts), ACER Open and a range of CAD software and hardware, graphics boards and computer peripherals & systems. AVR is a member of the ITRC (Information Technology Research Center), which is the association of advanced technology companies in Ontario; An associate of the McLuhan Program in Culture &Technology; A founding member of VRAAP (Virtual Reality Artists Access Program) headed by Graham Smith; The appointed coordinator for VIRTUAL REALITY WORLD @MULTIMEDIA in Toronto, Canada, 46or more information on AVR please visit our temporary web site at: http://www.itrc.on.ca/avr/index.html *** By putting our physical bodies inside our extended nervous systems, by means of electronic media, we set up a dynamic by which all previous technologies that are mere extensions of hands and feet...all such extensions of our bodies, including cities - will be translated into information systems. - Marshal McLuhan _____________________________________________________________________ MULTIMEDIA and VIRTUAL REALITY WORLD are registered federally and are styles of Multimedia Trade Shows Inc. ________ AVR CORPORATION ___________________________ |_ |_ |_ |_ |_ |_ AVR Corporation |_ |_ |_ |_ |_ |_ 22 Winnifred Avenue |_ |_ |_ |_ |_ |_ |_ |_ Toronto M4M 2X3 Canada |_ |_ |_ |_ |_ V:416 465-3110 Fx:416 465-3539 ____ A Virtual Reality Solutions Company_______________________ http://www.itrc.on.ca/avr/index.html Email: pkelman@io.org (Paul Kelman) ********************************************** Coordinator for Virtual Reality World@MULTIMEDIA Canada's First major VR Exhibition and Conference Conference May 22 -25 / Trade Show May 23-25 Metropolitan Toronto Convention Center ********************************************** [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Commercial postings are offered on this newsgroup as a public service. 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