| Our hosts the San Jose State University Department of Mathematics and Computer Science | ||
| The Contact Consortium and its Biota special interest group. | ||
| NASA Ames Research Center | ||
| Online support provided by HIT Lab Seattle and BangSpace Inc. |
OWorld Visionaries Deliver the Goods
Inspiration for OWorld endeavors was provided by a fantastic line-up of visionaries who kicked-off OWorld with a weekend of talks and discussions:
Tom Ray University of
Oklahoma
Demetri
Terzopoulos University of Toronto
Bruce
Sterling science fiction writer
Bruce Damer President Contact
Consortium
Gerald
de Jong independent programmer/designer
Jan
Hauser Principal Architect High Performance Computing Sun
Microsystems
Chris
Cole and Mike
Roberts GEL open source virtual worlds
Jane
Prophet and Mark
Hurry developers of TechnoSphere ALife park
Rodney
Berry ATR Japan artist in residence
Andrew Phelps researcher Rochester
Institute of Technology
Jeffrey
Ventrella alife guru
ED
Annunziata andnow games maker
Steve
Pettifer virtual reality researcher
Rudy
Rucker alife mathematician
Charles
Ostman strategic technologies researcher
Check out the DB3-OWorlds Photograph Gallery.
Check out Sarah Winchester's Words.
Of course as a community-driven enterprise committed to accessible and compassionate service to all, we made sure everyone had their say at the Biota 3 conference. We asked everyone to contribute...
Why did you join OWorld?
Bruce Damer asked this simple question to
those who subscribed to the OWorld list-serv. The responses are linked HERE!