From: Ben Delaney Subject: TECH: CyberEdge VR Product of the Year Award Date: Wed, 5 Feb 92 13:33:00 -0800 Press Release For Immediate Release Contact: Ben Delaney, Publisher February 1, 1992 415 383-2458 1991 Virtual Reality Product of the Year Announced San Francisco, February 1, 1992 -- CyberEdge Journal, the world's leading newsletter of virtual reality (VR), today announced the winners of its 1991 Virtual Reality Product of the Year Award. This award is presented to companies whose products have made significant contributions to the Virtual Reality industry during the prior year. Winning the Product of the Year accolade is the Virtuality system from W Industries, located in Leicester, England. Honorable Mentions are awarded to Sense8 Corporation, of Sausalito, California, for their WorldToolKit software, and Division Ltd., of Bristol, England, for their PROvision system. CyberEdge Journal presents these annual awards to honor the innovators in the Virtual Reality Industry and to bring their accomplishments to the attention of the world. W Industries' Virtuality garnered the Virtual Reality Product of the Year Award by virtue of being the first complete VR system that is commercially and publicly available. Sense8's WorldToolKit is a collection of software tools which enable a programmer to easily create and modify virtual worlds. Division Limited manufactures the PROvision virtual reality computer, a $65,000 system which includes several parallel processors working with other, specialized components. The first annual Virtual Reality Product of the Year Award was announced in the January/February issue of CyberEdge Journal. This issue marks the first anniversary of the publication, which is the worldFs leading newsletter of virtual reality. Edited and published by Ben Delaney, it covers the business and news of the virtual reality community. It is published every other month, and is available by subscription at the rate of $129 per year, plus $15 per year for postage outside of North America. CyberEdge Journal is published by The Delaney Companies, 928 Greenhill Road, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA. Phone: 415 383-2458, FAX: 415 389-0251. that's it. btw, the Virtual Worlds Conference scored very well in our rankings, also in this issue. let me know how you like it. howdy to tom, bill, william, susan, merideth, et al. ;-)