Shanghai_World_Expo Dassault Systèmes, the company behind Virtual Earth-3DVIA and 3DSwym, today said it inked a deal with Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination to build World Expo Shanghai Online. Expo Online will be an interactive virtual rendering of the 5.28-square kilometer Expo site, including the more than 200 pavilions expected to be constructed for 2010 World Expo Shanghai.
"World Expo Shanghai Online is a revolutionary creation. It is not a simple copy of the physical Expo, but an introductory channel, extension and supplement to the Expo. Through the 3D lifelike experience technology, we are able to comprehensively present World Expo," Wang Liping, COO of Expo Website Management Office and Deputy Director of Expo Communication & Promotion Dept. said in a statement.
The Expo is a World's Fair of sorts and brings together themes of country, business, and culture. The overarching theme of the exposition will be "Better City - Better Life" and is designed to showcase Shanghai as the world's preeminent economic and cultural center.
Dassault expects a beta version of Expo Online will go live later this year while official launch date of the Expo, and World Expo Online, is May 1, 2010. The Expo will run through October, 2010.
Virtual Worlds Magazine, June 5, 2009
Dassault, Shanghai World Expo Ink Partnership
Shanghai_World_Expo Dassault Systèmes, the company behind Virtual Earth-3DVIA and 3DSwym, today said it inked a deal with Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination to build World Expo Shanghai Online. Expo Online will be an interactive virtual rendering of the 5.28-square kilometer Expo site, including the more than 200 pavilions expected to be constructed for 2010 World Expo Shanghai.
"World Expo Shanghai Online is a revolutionary creation. It is not a simple copy of the physical Expo, but an introductory channel, extension and supplement to the Expo. Through the 3D lifelike experience technology, we are able to comprehensively present World Expo," Wang Liping, COO of Expo Website Management Office and Deputy Director of Expo Communication & Promotion Dept. said in a statement.
The Expo is a World's Fair of sorts and brings together themes of country, business, and culture. The overarching theme of the exposition will be "Better City - Better Life" and is designed to showcase Shanghai as the world's preeminent economic and cultural center.
Dassault expects a beta version of Expo Online will go live later this year while official launch date of the Expo, and World Expo Online, is May 1, 2010. The Expo will run through October, 2010.
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