New Digital Media Web Firm, JesterDigital, Creates Virtual World Experience Using blaxxun Technology.Business/Technology Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000 First Web site for 13- to 20-year-olds to offer 3D multi-user cyberworld, shopping, entertainment blaxxun interactive (www.blaxxun.com), the market leader for virtual worlds software, announced today that the digital media firm JesterDigital has integrated blaxxun's 3D technology to develop and launch the first 3D online, multi-user digital media, extreme sports extreme sports Sports events characterized by high speed or high risk. Such sports include aggressive inline skating, wakeboarding, street luge, skateboarding, and freestyle bicycle events (wherein tricks such as back flips are performed on a bicycle). community and virtual shopping Virtual shopping is a form of e-commerce giving the ability for individuals to shop remotely via a computer network connection, normally on the Internet using the World Wide Web. site for youth culture. Since the recent launch of JesterDigital's Web site, Jester.com, the digital media, information, and commerce site has had over 4500 visitors register into Jester's 3D worlds. Jester.com's 3D members are spending nearly 20 minutes each time they enter the 3D world. Each of the visitors also has downloaded blaxxun's plug-in, blaxxun Contact - a one-time action that enables continuous rapid navigation through all 3D worlds. Using blaxxun's Community Platform and Avatar Studio, JesterDigital has built a snowboarder's dream mountain, a surfer's sun-drenched beach (including a surf shop), a radical skateboard park, and a high-tech music studio. Jester.com 3D members can select 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 wearing the latest sports and casual fashions, and view the latest products and gear, all in 3D. JesterDigital has integrated blaxxun's community server and database using Java servelets Java servelet - Java servlet , thereby streamlining both the registration and log-on process. "JesterDigital is unleashing the power of blaxxun technology to deliver completely new ways for people to chat, browse, shop and be entertained on the Web," said Phil Ruggieri, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , JesterDigital. "JesterDigital is committed to deploying advanced technology so that the youth culture of the world can enjoy all the riches of the Internet - this is yet another sign of our commitment. "Our audience keeps returning to the 3D worlds and our advertising and content partners consider the 3D environment to be the best possible way to deliver their products and entertainment content online." blaxxun and JesterDigital are collaborating to continually add new depth to the Jester.com cyberworld using blaxxun Virtual World applications. One current project includes the creation of a 3D recording studio that streams new live music and video from popular bands. "Since becoming a customer, JesterDigital has hired a team of programmers, designers, and 3D modelers to create content for their worlds using our products," said Walter Schwartz, COO, blaxxun interactive. "In less than six weeks, they have completely embraced the use of virtual worlds for e-commerce, community, and entertainment, and are already seeing the benefits to their customers and business partners." Other virtual worlds powered by blaxxun include Cybertown, the Civilization for the Virtual Age, which has registered nearly 400,000 members in less than two years. About JesterDigital JesterDigital and their Web site, Jester.com is a leading-edge digital media, information, and commerce site built for the next generation of the Internet. JesterDigital's target audience is youth culture, individuals from 13 to 20, all of whom are seeking new, more exciting, more in-depth ways to cruise across the World Wide Web. JesterDigital has offices at 300 Clematis clematis (klĕm`ətĭs, kləmăt`ĭs), any plant of the large genus Clematis (sometimes subdivided into three or four genera), widely distributed herbs or vines of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), many of them Street, West Palm Beach, Fla., and 1427 7th Street, Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif. For more information, call 561.833.0006 or visit www.jester.com. About blaxxun interactive, Inc. - The Virtual Worlds Company(TM) blaxxun interactive is the leading developer of Internet software for virtual worlds used in commerce, community, and collaboration. The international company was founded in 1995 with headquarters in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif., and Munich, Germany. blaxxun is supported by such investors as CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) , whose Internet portfolio includes Lycos, Altavista, GeoCities and Engage. blaxxun's award-winning products are used worldwide by customers such as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel, Bertelsmann, Canal+, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Data and Siemens. blaxxun's U.S. headquarters is located at 1550 Bryant St., Suite 770, San Francisco, Calif. 94103. For more information, call 415.437.6160 or visit www.blaxxun.com. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion