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Win the STAR TREK: NEMESIS promotional CD-ROM full of wallpapers, icons and more from the official site.
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Paramount and Earthlink now offer StarTrek.net DSL high speed Internet service for $39.95/mo. as part of an introductory offer.
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Another new Nichelle Nichols interview while on her book tour of the UK. Available at the BBC.
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Rene Auberjonois will appear in "Dance of the Vampires" on Broadway next season, and Whoopi Goldberg has won a producing Tony Award for "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
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STAR TREK novelist Keith DeCandido talks to Sci-Fi Pulse in a new interview.
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Jul 3, 2002: STAR TREK: NEMESIS trailer hits U.S. screens with MEN IN BLACK II
TNG Season 3 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
Aug 6, 2002: STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN Director's Edition DVD hits U.S. streets
Q3, 2002: UK ENTERPRISE premiere on Channel 4 (non-satellite customers)
Sep 3, 2002: TNG Season 4 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
Nov 5, 2002: TNG Season 5 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
Dec 3, 2002: TNG Season 6 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
Dec 31, 2002: TNG Season 7 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
2002: Click here for full 2002 TREK DVD/VHS UK release dates
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Posted:
08:17:27 on May 16 2002
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: General Star Trek
The official STAR TREK site reported late yesterday that Viacom Consumer Products is teaming with new licensee Virtual-Convention LLC in conjunction with convention promoter Creation Entertainment and a Munich-based software firm a "virtual convention-going experience" called Vir-Con 2002.
Utilizing 3D technology, Vir Con will present a virtual reality version of Creation's August 2-4 Las Vegas convention, mimicking the convention along with a live video feed from the event.
"We couldn't be more excited to see the Star Trek convention content brought to the fans of the world," said Pam Newton, vice-president of marketing and licensing at VCP. "The virtual Star Trek convention will provide fans who can't attend the convention in person an opportunity to participate online."
Registered visitors will be able to choose a 3D "persona," which will include alien species from the series, and can browse the virtual convention hall and puruse the licensed merchandise to purchase as well as the guests on stage.
Pricing is yet to be announced but will be based somewhat like real tickets to the events, based on what activities attendees want access to, including a reduced-price video feed-only package. The software is currently set to be able to house up to 100,000 guests and the Vir-Con will open its lobby doors for a free trial in June of this year.
For more information check out this page.
UPDATE 15:51 EDT TrekWeb has had an opportunity to preview the Virtual Convention and would like to offer some introductory insights. After a short download, you are transported into the virtual convention hall that resembles something you might have been in any of the recent STAR TREK computer games. As a "virtual attendee," you can execute various behaviors in interacting with the other virtual visitors, even the famous Vulcan "Live Long and Propser" salute.
There will be twelve rooms in all that you can easily navigate through. Almost simpler than many first-person computer games you may be familiar with, the environment is easily navigable with the mouse alone. Pressing the button and dragging up takes you forward, down takes you backward. The interface is actually very intuitive and on a high-speed connection, very fluid.
Obviously the real gem here is going to be the integration of live video feeds via satellite of a real Creation Entertainment convention and the guests on stage. After entering a "Grand Ballroom" virutal attendees will be presented with the video feed and actually be able to interact with the live audience, asking questions via the live camera crew and producing team in Las Vegas.
Virtual-Con's chairman Vito Montone tells TrekWeb that the pricing scheme for this brand new STAR TREK experience will be released shortly and he promises it'll be affordable for everyone with all different packages available. Working with the convention promoters and Viacom Consumer Products, the Virtual-Con will liberate fans from the constraints of actually physically attending an event across the world and allow thousands more fans to access the fun and excitement of a STAR TREK event.
Currently the company is anticipating its preview launch on June 1st and its first event August 2-4. Montone says they want to concentrate on the very largest STAR TREK events each year for now, perhaps limiting the virtual-con experience for STAR TREK to two or three events a year.
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How would you rate the ENT first season finale, SHOCKWAVE, on a scale from 1 (bad) to 10 (excellent) in comparison to the best and the worst episodes of the previous Star Trek television series?
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