Cybertown and Global Media Announce vDrome, the Web's First Three-dimensional, Multi-User Entertainment Complex.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1999-- Fall Internet World 99 vDrome Aims To Be Next Generation Venue for TV, Film and Media Buffs The name Buffs can mean:
Cybertown, the largest 3D Sci-fi community on the Web, and Global Media Corp. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:GLMC GLMC Glacial Lakes Motorcycle Club GLMC Great Lake Music Camps ) (www.globalmedia.com), a leading entertainment e-commerce provider, today announced at Fall Internet World the premiere of vDrome, the first 3D, multi-user entertainment complex available on the Web. vDrome features an interactive, entertaining and content-rich Web venue providing a unique user experience, allowing members to share viewing experiences through mid-band audio and video streaming See streaming video and video stream. technology. Access to vDrome is free to Cybertown visitors and members (www.cybertown.com). vDrome is based on technology from blaxxun Interactive, producers of Cybertown. The technology allows audio and video to converge, resulting in an enhanced user experience. Because Cybertown is a mid-band solution, users can take advantage of the technology today without having to wait for broadband technology broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. to become more widely available. As broadband grows in popularity, the Cybertown technology scales to grow with it. For more information and a demonstration, visit www.cybertown.com. vDrome users enter a 3D movie complex setting where they can congregate con·gre·gate tr. & intr.v. con·gre·gat·ed, con·gre·gat·ing, con·gre·gates To bring or come together in a group, crowd, or assembly. See Synonyms at gather. adj. 1. Gathered; assembled. 2. to view films, music videos and more. Integrated within Cybertown's vDrome will be a weekly entertainment schedule for video and audio content, a link for shopping that will take members to Global Media's storefront in the Virtual Mall where they can purchase Videos, DVDs, etc., and a forum for members to discuss entertainment news and review past discussions. Categories include science fiction, fantasy, animation, independent/art house, suspense/thriller, and alternative music events. Also featured in the vDrome are vPods, which allow users access to video-on-demand. The first vPod sponsors include Hallmark Entertainment Network (www.hallmarknetwork.com), Pseudo Similar to; made up to appear like something else. See pseudo compiler, pseudo language and pseudonymous. (jargon) pseudo - /soo'doh/ (Usenet) Pseudonym. 1. An electronic-mail or Usenet persona adopted by a human for amusement value or as a means of avoiding negative Programs Inc. (www.pseudo.com), and Ninja Tune (www.ninjatune.net). Users will enter the vPods through the vDrome, and once there, will be able to choose from a menu of entertainment selections. (See upcoming releases for further information.) "We're extremely excited to partner with Global Media to provide this rich media experience to Cybertown members through vDrome," said Tony Rockliff, founder and executive producer of Cybertown. "Providing our members with next-generation technology is a key factor to growing our community and by working with Global Media, we can broaden our offering for current and future community members." "Our goal in working with Cybertown is to help develop the logical progression of online communities: the creation of an interactive entertainment marketplace in virtual reality," said Aaron Stone, vice president of business development at Global Media Corporation. "Creating a comprehensive three-dimensional entertainment venue is the first step in realizing this vision." Cybertown members "live" within the three-dimensional community and are represented as personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. avatars (3D representations of oneself). Members see other members walking, gesturing and talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to each other on a TV-like client interface. They can also move and communicate with each other while concurrently watching rich TV and film media, as well as talk with celebrity avatars and participate in meetings, parties and activities, all within three-dimensional venues. vDrome will give members a multimedia communication forum that will be compelling and will mirror their tastes in film and media. Membership in Cybertown is free. About Cybertown Cybertown is the "Sci-fi Community of the Future" -- a futuristic fu·tur·is·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to the future. 2. a. Of, characterized by, or expressing a vision of the future: futuristic decor. b. offworld city accessible via the Internet. It has become one of the largest 3D communities on the web with nearly 200,000 members. Multi-national citizens inhabit and socialize so·cial·ize v. so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es v.tr. 1. To place under government or group ownership or control. 2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable. in richly detailed 3D Bladerunner-type worlds using 3D avatars to represent themselves. Citizens immerse im·merse tr.v. im·mersed, im·mers·ing, im·mers·es 1. To cover completely in a liquid; submerge. 2. To baptize by submerging in water. 3. themselves in these virtual worlds by owning personal 3D homes and objects, holding jobs, forming clubs, shopping in the virtual mall, and much more. Members are actively involved in the community and with each other. Cybertown also provides special programming for its members through entertainment and educational formats including contests, celebrity chat, parties, classes, town meetings, and more. Cybertown is produced by blaxxun Interactive and uses blaxxun Contact(TM) to offer members a wide range of multimedia communication features. Cybertown and blaxxun are registered trademarks of blaxxun Interactive. |
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