Here are some more stunning views from ACCD World.
Surprisingly we found that virtual worlds based on the rather crude ActiveWorlds technology can create impressions of grandeur and awe, sometimes almost even of the sublime...

 

 

 

...while, at other times, we just felt lost.

Left: Cornered in the labyrinth.

We have reached the end of this presentation. We would like to thank all the course participants for a great experience and for posing as models in our pictures. After all, virtual worlds, just like the ordinary world, would be nothing without the people in them.

Right: Um, Jerry... could you move a little.

 

 

Footnote: If you are interested in research about social interaction in virtual worlds you should pay a visit to the New Arenas for Social Interaction project page.

This report was written by Victoria "comfortably numb" Popdan [e-mail] [homepage] and Mikael "mjson" Jakobsson [e-mail] [homepage].
The pictures were taken by Vicki, Mike and Michael "ommm" Heim.
These pages were last updated 8 feb 2000.