Welcome to Cybertown at AV99 - The Sci-fi Community of the Future The list of events on Saturday Oct. 30th, 1999 follows. See the Cybertown event page with links to all of the event pages and worlds at: http://www.cybertown.com/av99/ and the main Avatars99 pages are at: http://www.ccon.org WELCOME AVATARS 99 visitors! CATALOG OF EVENTS GETTING THERE Cybertown hopes that you enjoy the activities taking place in our exciting city during the Avatars 99 event. Once inside Cybertown, please take a few moments to download the blaxxun software from www.blaxxun.com= Many of the scheduled events will take place in 3D and will require this plug-in for your viewing pleasure. Netscape and I.E. 4.0 or better is required, your browser must accept cookies and to participate in the chat you have to be a Cybertown member. Membership is FREE so immigrate now! THE SPECIAL EVENTS Read the Daily News inside for updates on what's going on in Cybertown. NYVRMLSIG event from 2 to 5:00 pm | ACCD Author Panel Discussion at 4:30 pm Special Worlds | Irish Space | Art Gallery | City Tours | Dance Party | Music + NEW YORK VRML SIG HOSTS NEAL STEPHENSON'S BIRTHDAY The NYVRMLSIG is CO-hosting a Face-to-Face for Avatars 99 with New York ACM SIGGRAPH at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan on Saturday, October 30th from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. ECT. Although the Face-to-Face is limited to 40 people, anyone may attend virtually through a link in Cybertown. There will also be a birthday celebration inside Larry Rosenthal's Snow Crash bar created in 1994 demonstrating virtual reality technology for a Snow Crash CD-ROM game. Enter the Cyber Bar or visit other sites by Larry Rosenthal. Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash, has been a major influence in the development of cyberspace. Originally intended as a Macintosh game, Snow Crash is a cyberpunk thriller with cybernetic dogs, portable nuclear-powered gatling guns, and ancient Sumerian neuro-linguistic programming. Cryptonomicon Drawing To celebrate Neal's birthday on Oct. 30th, Avon Books has donated two hardcover copies of Neal's new novel, Cryptonomicon. A drawing will be held at the School of Visual Arts in New York. To participate in the drawing, send an e-mail with Cryptonomicon Drawing in the subject line to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by Oct. 29th, 1999-5:00pm EST. Your e-mail will be printed out for the drawing on October 30th. ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN SPEAKERS The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California has created "ACCDAV99" for virtual chats with authors for Avatars 99. You can jump to it here. "Is Cyberspace Soul Space?" will be the topic for authors' talks and a panel discussion at 1:30 pm Pacific Time (4:30 pm City Time). Margaret Wertheim, author of The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace (Norton, 1999), and Michael Heim, author of Virtual Realism (Oxford U. Press, 1998) will present talks in this world designed by the virtual worlds team at the Art Center. A panel will follow and then a moderated discussion with all avatars. You can find out more at their website: http://www.mheim.com/av99/ "The year is AD 2050. Welcome to the story of the maiden voyage of the SS Jeanie Johnston, sailing out from Earth as her namesake sailed from Tralee 200 years before..." IRISHSPACE The IrishSpace Project - was a volunteer effort by an ad hoc group which came together through the Internet. This group conceived, executed, and delivered an interactive space adventure for the children of Ireland. The program was installed at the Kerry County Museum in Tralee, County Kerry, as part of Ireland's first exhibition ever on Space Exploration. The blaxxun version uses Emblaze Java audio so no plugin is required (must have Java enabled in your browser) for listening to the fascinating account of the future-past astronauts in the year 2050. You can find the blaxxun version of Irish Space right now in the Cybertown Suburbs. VRART The VR Art Gallery will be open continuously. This eclectic display of beautiful, intriguing and sometimes horrifying art will be showcased till the end of November. CYBERTOWN TOUR Wanna know more about the fabulous 3D VR City of Cybertown? The Cybertown City Tour Guides have scheduled 2 tours for visitors and citizens alike on October 30th. . Check out the new ePlex, find out where the Dance Party will be tonight and how to get your dancing Frankenstein or Bride avatar. Your tour launches from the interactive Cybertown Fun Park. Tours are scheduled to start at 10:00 am and 5:00 pm ECT (Cybertown City Time). Once you get to the Fun Park (in 3D) look for the person with the City Guide title. It will be a real blast into the future! DANCE, DANCE, DANCE ! Halloween Dancing Avatars and Halloween Music will be available ONLY on October 30th and 31st in the BLACK SUN CLUB located in the ePlex. Meet a local ghoul and have a frightfully good time. MUSICIANS and POETS are invited to immigrate and show off their talents during the Avatars 99 event. Public presentations of original music and sci-fi and Halloween poetry will take place throughout Cybertown from October 30th to October 31st. FOR MUSICIANS: 1st- you must be a citizen of Cybertown so complete the immigration process before contacting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Select your musician avatar from HERE, and pick a 2 hr. time slot on either Oct. 30th or Oct. 31st for your gig. Then send that information along with the URL to your ram file to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Red 5 will email you the unique URL of your Musician Avatar along with the location of your gig in town. Dates/times/locations, etc. of performances will be posted in the Cybertown Daily News and other strategic places. Your involvement in this event acknowledges that you are the copyright owner of the music or have the permission of the copyright owner to perform the music you have submitted for performance in Cybertown on Oct. 30 or 31, 1999. To contact Cybertown about any events please send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . end
