Thursday 8th March

Newcastle Racecourse 08:30 – 17:00

Pre-register now to confirm your attendance:www.businesstechnologyshow.com

The North Easts thriving digital sector was of course on the agenda, along with the benefits of working out of NewcastleGateshead, the comparisons with TechCity (London) and the essential need to tackle youth unemployment. (pic and more to follow ASAP).

As part of this years Juice Festival  Shaun Allan & Celia Begley from Vector76 joined local film maker Ian Fenton to deliver the Reboot Machinima Workshops at the Tyneside Cinema. Working with a group of 14-18 year olds that had joined REBOOT week via The Factory youth project at the Tyneside Cinema, four groups worked on 4 separate machinima movies ( three entirely based in Second Life plus one in Minecraft). The group worked with Vector76 & Ian Fenton on the movies from initial ideas & concepts to storyboards, moving onto the creation and acquisition of digital assets within Second Life. The movies were premiered at the Tyneside Cinema on the 30th of October along with other conventional films by young local filmmakers.

The Vector76 crew return to Inverness next week for this years Go North Festival. this year we’re focussing on Fashion and the use of  Virtual Worlds for the creative over 50′s, we’re  looking forward to a lively and very innovative time in Scotland.

Thanks to everyone that attended the Get Carter 40th anniversary party at the Tyneside Cinema Newcastle and in Club Luder in virtual Newcastle, at one point we had 40 avatars from all over the world in Club Luder which was around the same number of partygoers in the Tyneside Bar which included the movies director Mike Hodges. Images of the virtual party will be online here today.

As part of this years Get Carter 40th anniversary Vector76 were commissioned by the Tyneside Cinema to rebuild the iconic Owen Luder designed Gateshead car park as part of the Carter is 40 anniversary celebrations.

Visitors to the Tyneside Cinema were able to interact with online virtual revelers located in Club Luder in virtual NewcastleGateshead in Second Life as part of the mixed-reality event.

To join Second Life and get your FREE avatar account visit the Second Life website by clicking here

For seasoned SL veterans heres the SLURL to teleport direct

What we do  . . .
Put simply we build stuff, content in 3D based on the real world such as our very own virtual NewcastleGateshead islands in Second Life or indeed environments that don’t exist  - in real life – such as our Business Quarter Tower home of Sunderland Software City amongst others.

Details of the areas in which we work are available throughout our website. If you have a query regarding something that isn’t covered please feel free to email one of the Vector76 team.

Vector76 – Virtual Conferencing

With air travel worldwide occasionally disrupted, due to the volcanic ash clouds, strikes or whatever Vector76 can assist in providing your company with a virtual conferencing solution that can help you fullfil meeting commitments anywhere in the world.

Office suite or conference hire is available on a daily or annual basis for companies who need to keep their conference programmes and scheduled meetings going without leaving the office.

Our Virtual Conference Centre provides access for  upto 150 people (avatars) within a highly secure and private virtual environment based in virtual NewcastleGateshead in Second Life. Avatars
can meet in realtime without the need for expensive time consuming travel.

Facilities include inbuilt VOIP (Voice over IP), live audio and video streaming and full integration and display of conventional web content (including Flash).

Although the use of Second Life is relatively easy, additional training can be provided in person by our partners in 36 countries worldwide.

Establishing a permanent virtual presence is essential for any business wishing to compete on a global level, Vector76 are here to provide your company with that competitive edge.