From: pstrohl@interrod.com Subject: ANNOUNCE: Week 5 Buzz.wrl Winners Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 11:31:05 -0800 Message-ID: Organization: All USENET -- http://www.Supernews.com Thought you'd be interested in a quick update on the VRML.SGI.COM "Buzz.wrl of the Week" winners for Week 5 (the halfway point of the contest). Shout Interactive's two-week run as the Editor's Choice winner came to an end, as Jef Hancock, Shane Carroll and Robert Saint John picked up the title for their interactive "Delta VRML Banner" (a cool use of VRML for banner advertising, if you haven't seen it, you should). However, don't feel bad for the team at Shout as they made it a three- peat for the People's Choice award for "MOD Mania". Congrats to both winners. For the next week, the contestants are: * The Virtual Press -- a highly interactive demonstration showing the potential for VRML-based education and training scenarios. * Faux Ray Tracing -- Realtime ray tracing? No..but a nice illusion of reflections and self-shadowing. * Rubic's Cube -- the VRML version of the famous Rubic's Cube. * Central Florida Estuary -- a detailed replica of a typical Central Florida esturay. * Happy New Year -- an interactive card just in time for the new year...be sure to click on everything... Be sure to vote for your favorite (for a chance at a Maximum DVD Kit or a Fire GL 1000 graphics accelerator from Diamond Multimedia) and submit your winning VRML worlds...also, make sure that you read the official rules. Buzz.wrl can be found at http://vrml.sgi.com . Best of luck -Phil pstrohl@interrod.com [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Commercial postings are offered on this newsgroup as a public service. Their appearance here does not indicate endorsement by the moderators or by the USENET or its administrators.]