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Jun 5, 2000, 9:35pm

This headline crept across my Entrypoint News Ticker:

NEWBURYPORT, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2000--

Activeworlds.com, Inc.'s CEO, Rick Noll, shared a panel during Harvard
University's Internet and Society 2000 Conference held on Friday June
2, 2000. Jeffrey Huang, Assistant Professor of Architecture, moderated
the panel "Design Issues & On-line Communities". The focus of the
discussion was design issues related to the creation of online
communities.

Drawing from online relationship and knowledge management
specialists, portal builders, virtual world creators and experts from
academia, the panel examined the technical, aesthetic and social
requirements for creating a successful online community. Issues
included: What attracts people to a community site? What makes them
stay? What makes them contribute what they know to others? What makes
online communities enjoyable places, complementing and enriching
corresponding physical spaces?

Other panelists were Brook Manville, Chief Learning Officer,
saba.com, Peter Kollock, Professor of Sociology, UCLA, Chris Edwards,
VP Design, Art Technology Group, Clement Mok, Chief Creative Officer,
Sapient, and Philip Greenspun, Founder and Chairman, arsdigita.com

Harvard joins over a hundred educational institutions worldwide,
including Cornell, University of California, and the University of
London in pursuing using Active Worlds as part of their educational
curricula.

About Activeworlds.com, Inc.

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. Active Worlds(TM) technology is currently being
used by companies such as Boeing, NASA, The United Nations, Philips
Multimedia, the US Government, and many more.

Jun 6, 2000, 12:12am

Hmm... now if we could get him back on CNN :) *Prepares VCR* ;)

-Agent1


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Jun 6, 2000, 12:13am

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> 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. Active Worlds(TM) technology is currently being
> used by companies such as Boeing, NASA, The United Nations, Philips
> Multimedia, the US Government, and many more.

Boeing, i know it is, but it doesnt have much use except for fun, same for
NASA except i never knew. The UN? Who would've guessed they were lame
enough. Phillips... They have a reason to be here. And those feds are just
joining the fray to track me down *L*
Either that, or somebody is good at making up stories.

--Wing Cmdr
Citizen 305004
Wing 'n Jess 4eva

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