Activeworlds.com Completes First Phase of Chinese Browser Localization.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers NEWBURYPORT, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2000 Activeworlds.com, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AWLD) (http://www.activeworlds.com), today announced that it successfully completed the first phase of its Chinese version of Activeworlds. Under an exclusive agreement signed in April appointing Taiwan based BEXTech as exclusive distributor of Activeworlds for both Mainland China and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Activeworlds has been retained to create a Chinese version of its popular browser that can support Chinese characters. "With a significant portion of our revenues coming from overseas, this is a very important step in the globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation of Activeworlds" said JP McCormick, Chairman of Activeworlds.com. "We are very pleased to see that Activeworlds is capable of supporting the Chinese character set as this opens the door to many more language sets for the future", added Mr. McCormick. This latest development will give Active Worlds the additional capability to offer native languages support for Japanese, Korean, Thai, Arabic, Russian, Greek, Turkish, and Hebrew. BEXTech is planning to open to the public on July 15, 2000 its 3D Community, eWorldFun, using the Active Worlds(TM) technology. About Activeworlds.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWLD) (http://www.activeworlds.com) Activeworlds.com, Inc. is an information technology company dedicated to providing ASP delivery systems for the 3D Internet. Its communications enhancement technology uses techniques initially developed for virtual reality environments for the Internet, whether it be the website author or application provider. Activeworlds.com, Inc. currently has a worldwide user base of over 1,000,000 users on the Universe server it operates, which receives over 1 million impressions per day. Companies such as Boeing, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , The United Nations, Philips Multimedia, the US Government, and many more are currently using Active Worlds(TM) technology. About Bextech, Inc. (http://www.bextech.com.tw) Employing over 100-employees BEXTech is a new media company which specializes in innovative 3D/VR and networking technologies. With the world-class motion capture system know-how, 3D character performance animation technology, BEXTech has formed partnerships with many top tier broadband enterprises in Taiwan. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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