Springfield, Virginia 2/3/2010

The Army Family Support Center provides information for families of deployed soldiers. It is built in the public ActiveWorlds virtual reality universe, and a completely free nonprofit endeavor. The Center uses the information room concept. In essence, an information room consists of virtual objects as a sign or picture and each of these, when selected, opens a webpage. The Center provides more than just simple information. Unlike a webpage, it is built in a virtual reality environment where more than one individual can participate in the experience. This enables users anywhere in the world to interact with each another, form personal relationships, share experiences, point out resources, and problem solve. Its greatest advantage is the elimination of travel and distance. The Center also provides teleports to a large number of other information rooms. The users validate resources thereby enhancing the relevancy of data presented.
 

The Army Family Support Center is part of the Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge.  It is undergoing evaluation by representatives of the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM).  Army wives are welcome to join the tours.  The site is expanding and seeking web resources used by Army wives. New resources will be added to the center.  Please send any links to VR4RourPC@aol.com
 
Special guided tours are available on request.
 
Davison Associates will build a unit or base specific information room on request for free and set up one or more signs for content posting (announcement) controlled by the user.

Resources:

Article about the center:
 http://www.pixelsandpolicy.com/pixels_and_policy/2009/12/army-veteran-builds-world.html
Article about the center:
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091016_8400.php?
Web page:
http://www.vr4yourpc.com/support.html
Blog:
http://army-center.blogspot.com/ (Has the tour schedule)
Project Briefing
http://vr4yourpc.com/PPT/The_Army_Family_Center.ppt
Evaluator guide:
http://vr4yourpc.com/PPT/RDECOM_Eval.ppt  (How to get into the virtual world)
Free Virtual Reality Software
www.activeworlds.com

Company Information:
Virtual reality worlds provide unique and cost effective platforms for training, operations and social networking. Davison Associates builds worlds designed to meet the client's specification with emphasis on reaching the target audience. We access a pool of talented object model makers, builders and artistic content web designers. Our goal is to deliver integrated worlds incorporating seamless and complementing web and 3D content. Davison Associates uses the ActiveWorlds platform exclusively because it reaches the largest possible user base on the web and is superior for integrating web content in the 3D environment. Springfield, Virginia

Contact:
Jaque Davison
(703) 644-7312
VR4YourPC@aol.com
Activeworlds Name: Lensman