[Year 12 IT Apps] Internet latest: now we'll all be 3D surfers

[Adam Barbary]

Just went to have a look at this, and tried to install the software.  
My Mac downloaded the package, but it is an .exe, whatever that is....

;)

Adam Barbary
Viewbank College

On 18/09/2008, at 10:32 AM, Anderson, Stuart L wrote:

> INTERNET surfers will be able to walk through their favourite  
> websites as if they are characters in a computer game with the  
> launch of the world's first 3D browser in Australia today.
>
> Melbourne-based software developer ExitReality has created software  
> that can be quickly downloaded to computers and that converts  
> standard two-dimensional web pages into virtual rooms.
>
> Websites such as YouTube are transformed into movie theatres while  
> social networking pages like MySpace are turned into virtual lounge  
> rooms.
>
> The software also enables people to see other web page visitors as  
> avatars and interact with them, moving the Second Life model from  
> the walled garden of the game to the entire web.
>
> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24362633-7582,00.html
>
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