From: pstrohl@interrod.com Subject: ANNOUNCE: Buzz.wrl Week 6 Winners Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 11:37:36 -0800 Message-ID: Organization: All USENET -- http://www.Supernews.com The Week 6 winners (as well as next week's contestants) are in for the "Buzz.wrl of the Week" contest from VRML.SGI.COM. You've only got 4 weeks left, so be sure to submit your worlds and vote for the People's Choice award for a chance to win. The winner of this week's Editor's Choice and People's Choice awards was "Florida Estuary" created by Victor DeLeon of Florida Atlantic University. If you haven't yet seen it, it offers a view of wildlife in Florida's waters and includes sounds taken from recordings in the field. Congratulations to Victor, who is now eligible to win the 02 WEBFORCE Workstation being given to the overall winner. Remember, there are only four weeks left so make sure to submit your worlds if you want a chance to win. Anyway, next week's contestants are: * Kaleidoscope -- You can change multiple attributes including shape, size, texture and rotation in this interactive kaleidoscope. * The Everglades at Night -- A detailed view of a typical evening in the South Florida Everglades National Park. Complete with flora, fauna and audio from actual field recordings. * CuPuzz -- An interactive puzzle game. Click on the green spheres to re-arrange the faces and then try to restore the CuPuzz. * Submarine Wreck -- Pretend you're Jacques Cousteau and swim with the dolphins while you explore this replica of a submarine wreck. Make sure to check out all the different viewpoints. * M.C. Escher Knot -- M.C. Escher Knot and Gears: A group of 3 animation--with two featuring gears rotating on a sphere and the third a knot rotating through itself. Make sure to vote for the "People's Choice" award and a chance at a Maximum DVD Kit or a Fire GL 1000 graphics accelerator from Diamond Multimedia. You can vote once a day, every day to increase your chances. Buzz.wrl (and official rules) can be found at http://vrml.sgi.com Happy New Year -Phil [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.]