Activeworlds.com, Inc. To Help Launch E-Learning Expo With EarthWeb and DiaLogos;.

NEWBURYPORT, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1999--

Activeworlds Proprietary 3-D Platform Technology to Be Used To

Create EarthWeb's First "Virtual" Educational Conference Center

Activeworlds.com, Inc. (OTCBB: AWLD) (the "Company"), announced today that EarthWeb Inc. (Nasdaq: EWBX), the leading provider of business-to-business online services for the global information technology industry along with DiaLogos, an international IT education company that provides training to IT staffs of Fortune 500 companies have selected Activeworld's proprietary 3-D platform technology to develop and launch EarthWeb's first virtual conference, the "e-Learning Expo," on June 28, 1999.

Activeworlds will create 3-D, virtual conference center, complete with training classrooms and an exhibit floor, which will enable students to directly talk with instructors, watch presentations, and view keynotes, with each participant assuming a live, interactive 3-D image. The e-Learning Expo will also include fully enhanced streaming video and audio features.

A complete description of the event can be found at: http://www.earthweb.com/corporate/events/eelu/current events.html

JP McCormick Chairman of Activeworlds.com, stated, "Active Worlds continues to set new industry standards in the development of 3-D, virtual environments on the Internet, for both education, industry and recreational purposes. Companies and educational institutions are quickly adopting Activeworlds as a valuable tool for distance training and education. We are pleased to join in the development of EarthWeb's first virtual learning center." The use of the Internet by institutions and corporations for distance learning and skill enhancement will continue to dramatically grow in importance as a major application of this new, dynamic medium. Activeworlds will set the industry standard for the creation of the interactive, virtual, classroom environments, in order to bring distance "Cyber-learning" into the mainstream of the educational system, as well as industry."

Activeworlds.com, Inc. is a leading developer of three-dimensional (3-D), "community-based" environments on the Internet and among one of the only technology platform's developed that is completely interactive, operating in real-time to create a true to life virtual reality experience. Activeworlds.com, Inc. offers a complete range of client, server, and development applications in a turnkey approach that enables the individual and business users to create rich and compelling online 3D worlds. The company's 3D multi-user environment, Active Worlds, is leading the trend towards "social" computing in 3D, to create a sense of virtual reality. Activeworlds.com, Inc., has also developed a suite of software, clients, servers and authoring tools designed to allow people to communicate, play games and conduct business in an infinite number of shared environments on the Internet in real time.

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