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" Vizx3D Sponsors Cybertown World Building Contest!"
Cincinnati, Ohio. March 1, 2004: Virtock Technologies Inc., the makers of
Vizx3D v.1, the first X3D authoring tool have announced their sponsorship of
the "Lost Civilizations-3D World Building Contest" being run at the award
winning Cybertown.com 3D online community all this month. The Contest will
allow all citizens of Cybertown to download a free 30 Day Fully Functional
copy of the new Vizx3D software, in order to compete against each other to
create the most compelling and amazing "lost worlds" that can be found at
Cybertown.
Cybertown citizens will be able to use all the new features of Vizx3D, such
as multi-texturing rendering, H-Anim support, single mesh avatars and a new
simplified interface to create anything from lost "Atlantean worlds" to
"mysterious lost dynasties" of the past. Vizx3D allows contestants to create
any "world" they can imagine and all produced using cutting edge 3D real
time rendering technologies and techniques that are now finally as easy to
use as a "flash.";)
Contest winners will have their worlds made into part of the growing
Cybertown Universe online. First, Second and Third prize winner's will also
receive a full license of Vizx3D v.1.0, valued at approximately 300.00 each.
The winning worlds will also be featured at the Vizx3D.com website in the
monthly Featured Story column, which is read by thousands of web3D
enthusiasts each month.
More information about the contest, it's rules, and entry information can be
found via links at Cybertown (www.cybertown.com) and Vizx3D.com
(www.vizx3d.com). So grab a copy of Vizx3D, log into Cybertown and start
digging! "Find" or "create" a Lost World or Civilization, the likes of as
the world has never seen before!
About Vizx3D:Vizx3D v.1.0 offers artists, developers, and designers a
complete set of tools to publish web3D content in both the older web3D
standard (VRML 97) and in the new X3D format. It combines ease of use with
advanced real-time authoring capabilities and features such as
multi-texturing, H-Anim support, single mesh avatars, text creation wizards,
animation creation wizards, screen saver creation, and AVI/animated GIF
export. It runs on Windows 98, 2000, and XP and requires OpenGL 1.1 support
with a 3D accelerated card required. The fully functional 30 day demo is
free to all and can be downloaded at the www.vizx3d.com website The
suggested retail price for a full Vizx3D license is $299.00.
About Cybertown:
Established in 1995, Cybertown is the longest running online 3D community on
the net and is an immensely popular futuristic family-oriented city that
fully exists in 3D Virtual Reality where its citizens can inhabit 3
dimensional bodies and live in fully custom-furnished apartments, houses or
mansions with programmable virtual pets; where they can take jobs at all
levels in the city and where they can interact with and learn from people
from all over the world. It has both a social heirarchy and and a full-blown
economic system with numerous 3D shopping malls and fleamarkets. Cybertown
has been described as a "real-life role-playing virtual sim" and has won
numerous awards and accolades as well as appearing in numerous magazines,
books and TV shows all over the world.
About X3D:
X3D has been in development for some years now as the next generation of
open standard 3D. It offers advanced capabilities such as multi-texturing,
H-Anim single mesh avatars, and nurbs based models for digital online
content. Considered the "XMLzation" of VRML 97 it adds database and an open
ended architecture .The successor to VRML, the most popular format for 3D on
the web, it is endorsed by the Web3D Consortium and is set for WWWC standard
ratification this fall. For more information visit www.web3d.org.
Contact Information:
Larry Rosenthal
VP, New Business and Marketing
Virtock Technologies, Inc.
www.vizx3d.com
Phone: 510.665.1823
Email: cube3@pacbell.net
Keith Victor
President
Virtock Technologies, Inc.
551 Belle Meade Farm Drive
Loveland, OH 45140
Phone: (513) 583-5321
Fax: (513) 583-1252
Email: keithvictor@virtock.com
Tony Rockliff
Founder
Cybertown.com
Email : Hawk@Cybertown.com
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