Virtual Vegas and CompuServe Partner to Bring the Internet to CD-ROM Users

Strategic Insights -

In a joint marketing and distribution effort, Virtual Vegas Incorporated and CompuServe's Internet Division announced an agreement to include SPRY's Mosaic Direct with two upcoming Virtual Vegas CD-ROM titles. This collaboration will allow users of "Virtual Vegas: Turbo Blackjack" and "The Ms. Metaverse Pageant" CD-ROMs to access the World Wide Web, including the Virtual Vegas Internet Web site, with a simple Internet connection. The Virtual Vegas Internet homepage receives over 100,000 hits a day and features real-time game play, interaction, contests, and giveaways.

Key Takeaways:

  • Virtual Vegas Incorporated and CompuServe's Internet Division partnered to include SPRY's Mosaic Direct with two upcoming CD-ROM titles: "Virtual Vegas: Turbo Blackjack" and "The Ms. Metaverse Pageant."
  • Mosaic Direct features SPRY's popular Mosaic browser and a dial on demand application that allows users to access the World Wide Web with a simple Internet connection.
  • The Virtual Vegas Internet Web site receives over 100,000 hits a day and features real-time game play, interaction, contests, and giveaways.
  • Virtual Vegas Incorporated is a subsidiary of Electromedia, a Santa Monica-based company that develops, publishes, and distributes interactive CD-ROMs combining voice recognition technology and full motion video.
  • CompuServe's Internet Division provides networked connectivity to the Microsoft Windows desktop through products such as Mosaic In A Box and Internet Office.
  • The partnership will allow users to judge, enter, and potentially win $10,000 in an online "Ms. Metaverse Pageant" contest sponsored by Virtual Vegas.

Statistics:

  • Over 100,000 hits per day on the Virtual Vegas Internet Web site.
  • The Virtual Vegas Internet homepage features real-time game play, interaction, contests, and giveaways.
  • Mosaic Direct includes SPRY's popular Mosaic browser and a dial on demand application.
  • CD-ROM titles "Virtual Vegas: Turbo Blackjack" and "The Ms. Metaverse Pageant" will be released on August 24, 1995.
  • Virtual Vegas has become a clear leader in online, interactive entertainment with servers provided by Sun Microsystems and T1 access provided by CERFNet.

Sources:

  • Virtual Vegas Incorporated press release, August 15, 1995
  • CompuServe's Internet Division press release, August 15, 1995