From: cannon@cybernautics.com (Sandra Cannon) Subject: CONF: Update on the World Movers VRML 2.0 Developers Conference Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 14:54:02 -0700 Message-ID: Organization: cybernautics Don't miss out on THE VRML event of the year, World Movers World Movers- the VRML 2.0 Developer's Conference hosted by Seybold Seminars, Silicon Graphics, Apple, Netscape and S3...co-sponsored by Microsoft, Intervista, 3Dlabs and Viewpoint Labs, is being held January 30-31, 1997, at the ANA Hotel in San Francisco. *****FREE COSMO TRAINING COURSE***** ***See below for more information*** http://www.worldmovers.org This is your opportunity to learn all about VRML 2.0 in three conference tracks; Track 1: Content Creation Track 2: Business Applications of VRML Track 3: Future Directions and Current Technologies Topics that will be covered include: Track 1: Content Creation -Overview of VRML 2.0 -Modeling Efficient VRML worlds -Creating Integrated Web Content -Compelling uses of VRML 2.0 -Adding Life: Animation and Behaviors -Optimizing VRML for the Internet Track 2: Business Applications of VRML -How real people are implementing real applications using VRML in the following industries: -Entertainment -Finance/Datamining -Scientific Visualization -Commerce/Marketing -Collaboration/CBT (Computer Based Training) -Education Track 3: Future Directions and Current Technologies -The VRML Development Environment -Bandwidth Solutions -3D Games on the Internet -Avoiding Babel: What's Next for VRML -Populating Cyberspace: Multi-User Environments -Big Worlds that Don't Go Away: Large Scale Seamless Worlds In addition to the conference, World Movers will include; a Demonstration Pavilion where leading VRML 2.0 vendors will showcase their tools and solutions, on-line forums, and birds-of-a-feather (BOF) sessions. Conference keynotes will be delivered by Ed McCracken, CEO and Chairman of Silicon Graphics, and Mark Pesce. Conference attendees will also get a very cool aluminum briefcase containing: - a 2 month trial version of The Cosmo Web Authoring Suite (Cosmo Worlds, VRML 2.0 authoring system- Award Winning Software, Cosmo Code, Java Development environment, Cosmo Create, HTML Layout Tool) on CD-ROM for Irix 6.2 - a $1,000 discount off the purchase of The Cosmo Web Authoring Suite - The VRML 2.O Book from Addison Wesley ($29.95 value) - a VRML Training Video - 2 hours in length - a 1 year subscription to ZD Internet Magazine, the new publication for people who make things happen on the web. ($19.95 value) AND, one lucky World Movers attendee will win an O2 machine ($9,500 value) (you must enter the drawing at the Silicon Graphics booth in the Demonstration Pavilion.) The World Movers Advisory Board: - Rikk Carey, co-author and co-architect of VRML 2.0 and an original member of the VRML Architecture Group; - Benjamin Feinstein, Technical Evangelist, Netscape - David Frerichs, VRML product manager, Silicon Graphics; - Konstantin Guericke, vice president of sales and marketing for Black Sun Interactive; - Mitra, chief technology officer at ParaGraph International and a co-architect of VRML 2.0; - Tony Parisi, chief technology officer at Intervista Software and co-author or VRML 1.0, - Mark Pesce, co-author of VRML 1.0, an original member of the VRML Architecture Group and author of "VRML: Browsing and Building Cyberspace;" - James Waldrop, technical director, Construct Inc. Space is limited and registrations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Conference Price: $895 (through January 24, 1997) To register or for more information visit: http://www.worldmovers.org call: (USA) 800-488-2883, (Intl) 415-578-6900 email: world_movers@sbexpos.com ***FREE COSMO TRAINING COURSE***** To accompany World Movers, Silicon Graphics Inc. will offer a free Cosmo Worlds training course to conference attendees on Saturday, February 1. The two-hour hands-on course will teach developers to fashion elaborate and effective VRML sites using the award winning Cosmo Worlds software. The students, each working on an O2 workstation, will follow the instructor through the creation of an actual VRML 2.0 site, Jungle Island, a lush, elegantly interactive VRML experience. The SGI Cosmo team is offering this course at no charge to conference attendees. The course will be held at the ANA Hotel on Saturday, February 1, 1997. The room will be listed on hotel event monitors. Classes will be held at three times, from 9am-11am, 1pm-3pm, and 3:30pm-5:30pm. Space is limited. There will be seats for 15 participants at the O2 workstations, as the hands-on "drivers" of the mouse. There will also be extra seats at each workstation and at the back of the room for as many as 45 additional participants. To reserve a seat, World Movers attendees must go to the SGI booth at the Demo Pavillion at World Movers conference at the ANA Hotel. The Demo Pavillion opens at 10:30am on Thursday, January 30, and closes at 7:30pm. Tickets for attending the training will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis. Any remaining tickets will be given out at the SGI booth in the Demo Pavillion on Friday, January 31, open from 9am to 4pm. Sandra Cannon Cybernautics Account Executive cannon@cybernautics.com 415 289 5030