There's going to be a Second Life Virtual Technology Expo, April 20-22, 2007 and I'll be attending - just curious to see what's going to be shown and how it will go.
EVENT INFORMATION
Location: Expo’s Welcome Center/Silicon Island
SL Address:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Silicon%20Island/139/142/39/ ?x=420&y=150&img=http%3A//www .thev3group.com/images/v3offic e.gif&title=
Time: Noon-6 PM PDT (Friday & Saturday), Noon-5 PM PDT (Sunday)
Tickets: Free admission
Schedule: http://www.thev3group.com/ite.html Live Video Simulcast: www.slcn.tv
Live Audio Simulcast: www.slbc-radio.com
Here's the PR:
Second Life Gets Real with Virtual Technology Expo, April 20-22
3-Day Event to Showcase the Best SL-Related Technology from around the
World for Practical 3D Business Strategies
Over 50 Vendors, Thousands of Attendees Expected, with Highlights to
Include Keynote from Sun Microsystems’ Jim Parkinson - Vice President of
Collaboration and ISV Engineering
NEW YORK, NY, April 16, 2007—Fortune 500 firms, brand managers, financial
services firms, advertising agencies, universities, non-profits with a
global mandate – in short, anyone or any organization struggling to
develop a bottom-line strategy for extending their real-life dealings into
the virtual realm should point their digital selves in the direction of
the first-annual International SL Technology Expo (SL-ITE), which will be
held in Second Life, Friday through Sunday, April 20-22, with entry at the
Expo Welcome Center on Silicon Island.
Organized by Greenwich, Connecticut-based virtual events and services firm
the V3 Group, the SL-ITE 2007 (http://www.thev3group.com/ite
showcase the best Second Life-related technology solutions and offer
best-practices demonstrations from the most creative developers. The likes
of Sun Microsystems and Dell Computers will also be represented in support
of honoring the vendors.
Sponsored by Cattle Puppy Productions, Reallusion, S Media, and the Second
Life Broadcasting Company, the free, 3-day event boasts 50 vendors from
China, Singapore, Australia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Spain, Romania,
United States, England, Cuba, and others; and will welcome thousands of SL
attendees from around the world.
Among the subjects to be discussed at SL-ITE’s various panels:
• "Digital Property: Creating It, Using It, and Protecting It;"
• "Developers Perspective on Client Demands: Community, Architecture,
Technology & Environment;"
• “Making Sense of Market Research Related to Second Life;"
• "Breaking the Boundaries of SL: Developing a Robust User Experience for
Corporations & Residents Inside & Outside SL."
SL-ITE 2007 will kick off on Friday, April 20, at 12 noon PDT with a
keynote address by Jim Parkinson, VP of Collaboration and ISV Engineering,
Sun Microsystems, who will discuss the company’s role for 3D worlds. In
addition, there will also be exclusive in-world debuts of Reallusion’s
award-winning 3D animation and Machinima suite iClone 2.0 and Cattle Puppy
Productions’ SoundReach, a revolutionary application that brings voices
located on opposite sides of the globe into one virtual space in Second
Life by allowing multiple speakers to use a landline phone.
Among the service areas to be covered by SL-ITE’s exhibitors:
• Telecommunications
• Construction Tools
• Web-Based Interactive Linking Systems
• Content Management Tools
• Marketing & Advertising Systems
• 3rd Party Innovations
A Web simulcast of the entire weekend’s proceedings will be provided by SL
Cable TV, along with additional interviews on SLBC-Radio. Finally, to
assure that this inaugural event ends on a celebratory note, there will be
a special live charity party and concert after the scheduled events as
well as the SL-ITE People’s Choice Awards for the Most Innovative SL
Technologies, with the top winner to receive free rent for a year on the
V3 Group’s popular Silicon Island along with a free copy of Reallusion’s
acclaimed iClone 2.0, which will also be distributed to the four
runners-up.
“We are very excited to have iClone 2.0 as one of the chosen technologies
to be highlighted in this expo,” said John Martin, Director of Marketing,
Reallusion. “We know that between the in-world demonstration and the
distribution of free copies of our software to the winners, iClone will be
recognized as the most user-friendly, cost-effective and powerful software
application for anyone who wants to create their own virtual world or
build customized avatars in the virtual world of Second Life.”
EVENT INFORMATION
Location: Expo’s Welcome Center/Silicon Island
SL Address:
http://slurl.com/secondlife
Time: Noon-6 PM PDT (Friday & Saturday), Noon-5 PM PDT (Sunday)
Tickets: Free admission
Schedule: http://www.thev3group.com/ite
Live Video Simulcast: www.slcn.tv
Live Audio Simulcast: www.slbc-radio.com
About V3 Group, llc.
Headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, the V3 Group is a full-service
virtual design and development firm that empowers its clients to realize
their business goals in the 3D worlds of Second Life. Founded by
interactive design veteran Odin Liam Wright (SL name: Liam Kanno), whose
portfolio includes agency and independent projects for Fortune 100
companies like Met Life, Samsung, AT&T, and Compaq, as well as special
interest work for the United Nations and the Vatican foundation Centesimus
Annus, the firm most recently developed the 3D Silverscreen sim and
environment of the movie 300 for Picture Production Company, a premier
London-based film marketing agency who created the SL presence for Warner
Bros. As well as chief organizer of SL-ITE 2007, the company is also the
designer and owner of Second Life’s Silicon Island and Silicon City, which
provide its over 15 residents a professional location in the virtual
world. For more information about the V3 Group, visit: www.thev3group.com.
About Reallusion, Inc.
Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Reallusion is a leading-edge software
developer providing Hollywood-like 3D cinematic animation tools for PC and
mobile platforms. Reallusion’s pioneering storytelling technology
excelling at character animation, facial morphing and voice lip-sync
allows fast creation of interactive avatars for 3D real-time filmmaking
and previsualization for professional post-production. Our powerful yet
easy-t
o-use tools make character animation accessible to PC users of all
skill levels.
Reallusion’s development of core technologies and growing base of
intellectual property firmly establish the company as power among emerging
technology innovators, furthering our graphic and imaging embedded kernels
to top-brand device manufacturers worldwide. Its products, including its
acclaimed iClone machinima software and its freeware avatar animation tool
CrazyTalk for Skype, have been featured in Second Life and on CBS News and
the Associated Press, in addition to receiving glowing reviews from USA
TODAY, C|NET, Forbes, and PC World. For more information, visit:
www.reallusion.com.
About Cattle Puppy Productions
Cattle Puppy Productions provides products and services to bridge the gap
between entertainment in virtual worlds and real-world markets. Founded by
Gary Wisniewski, the company recently launched SoundReach, a revolutionary
application which solves the technical problems of bringing voices located
on opposite sides of the globe into one virtual space in Second Life by
allowing multiple speakers to use a landline phone. Cattle Puppy is also
the company behind SLCN.tv, a professional video network designed to
expand the in-world audience as well as deliver virtual entertainment to
the real-world. Cattle Puppy is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. For
more information, visit: www.cattlepuppy.com.
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