From: cyberoid@u.washington.edu (Bob Jacobson)
Subject: PUBS: VR NEWS Journal
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1992 08:03:15 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Apr20.080315.6612@u.washington.edu>
Organization: HIT Lab, Seattle WA.



One of the delightful surprises I discovered overseas was VR NEWS, a 
new monthly published in England that covers the worldwide virtual-
worlds scene.  This magazine, like Ben Delaney's CYBEREDGE JOURNAL 
and Meckler's VIRTUAL REALITY REVIEW, edited by Sandra Helsel, has 
its own personality -- decidedly British, low-key and somewhat droll.  
Despite its title, VR NEWS is less "newsy" than the other magazines in 
that it also offers more one- and two-page analyses of events, organi-
zations, and trends in the field.  With MIT's PRESENCE, VR NEWS helps 
fills the voids left by other journals' concentration on the more imme-
diate, product-oriented news.  I know, it's starting to cost a bundle to 
stay fully informed.  In 1970, computer scientists started to feel like 
you do...!
 
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From Mike Bevan, Managing Editor of VR NEWS:
 
VR NEWS is an international newsletter covering Virtual Reality 
events and activities.  It is published monthly, except for August and 
December, and is mailed to a worldwide subscriber base of which 
around 55 percent is in the USA.  Subscribers include telecommuni-
cations and computer corporations, academic research groups, film 
and other entertainment companies, military establishments, 
specialist developers, systems integrators, venture capitalists, and 
private individuals (also one law practice specialising in high-tech 
litigation...).
 
The newsletter was launched in January 1992 and complimentary 
copies of the first two issues were mailed in quantity to a variety of 
organizations in North America, Japan, and Europe.  The subscriber 
list is substantial and growing steadily.  Lots of supportive faxes and 
letters, including one recently from a major supplier of military VR 
technology, describe VR NEWS as "objective, factual, practical, and 
above all, relevant."
 
Each issue is currently 16 pages, and as well as news coverage 
includes features on specific applications, technology subsystems, 
and developer companies.  We believe we were the first publication to 
report on several important VR events in North America and Europe, 
notably IBM's deal with Division, which was trailed in our March issue 
and analysed in the April issue.  We do not carry advertisements.
 
VR NEWS is published in London, England.  Annual subscription charge 
is L85.00 (within UK) or L95.00 (outside UK).  Payment may be made 
by cheque in sterling, US dollars ($175.00), or yen (Y25,000), or by 
credit card sterling.

Mike  Bevan, Managing Editor
Tony Osman, Contributing Editor
Colin Corder, Contributing Editor
 
VR NEWS
PO Box 2515
London N4 4JW, England

44-(0)81-292 1498 phone & fax


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