[Year 12 IT Apps] Internet latest: now we'll all be 3D surfers

[Laurie Savage]

.exe (short for executable) files are applicatons that run in a
Windows/PC/DOS environment. In DOS-related systems the one, two, three or
now four character extension designates the type of file (docx, .doc, .xls,
.123, .exe, zip, etc. - hey, whats an etc file!)
 
Laurie

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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Adam Barbary
Sent: Thursday, 18 September 2008 11:43 AM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Internet latest: now we'll all be 3D surfers


Just went to have a look at this, and tried to install the software. My Mac
downloaded the package, but it is an .exe, whatever that is.... 

;)

Adam Barbary
Viewbank College

On 18/09/2008, at 10:32 AM, Anderson, Stuart L wrote:




INTERNET surfers will be able to walk through their favourite websites as if
they are characters in a computer game with the launch of the world's first
3D browser in Australia today.

Melbourne-based software developer ExitReality has created software that can
! be quickly downloaded to computers and that converts standard
two-dimensional web pages into virtual rooms. 

Websites such as YouTube are transformed into movie theatres while social
networking pages like MySpace are turned into virtual lounge rooms. 

The software also enables people to see other web page visitors as avatars
and interact with them, moving the Second Life model from the walled garden
of the game to the entire web.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24362633-7582,00.html


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