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Moving from ordinary chat into palacespace is like stepping from grainy Kansas into technicolor Oz. Suddenly you're in a bar, on a beach, in Xena's Warrior Palace. Wandering through these computer-generated spaces are avatars ("avs"), visual markers of a human presence that can be pretty much anything, from a wolfhound to a smiley face, James Dean to your own humble head shot. Click on a spot in the room, and your av reappears there. Type sorry to the guy you landed on, and your contrition appears in a thought balloon above your head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Web's Next Wave of Fun | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...sick of the Quad, 2 Divinity Av. and walking to Vanserg. (I was always sick of Vanserg...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Ready for the Real World | 9/30/1998 | See Source »

REBOUNDING CL G No Av Page, Fla SR 29 378 13.0 Hill, Howard SR 29 372 12.8 Zinobile, StFrPa SO 29 354 12.2 Oseguera, UCI SR 22 262 11.9 Roberts, ODU SR 29 345 11.9 Udoka, DePaul SR 24 281 11.7 O'Brien, HC JR 29 337 11.6 James, RobMor SO 26 291 11.2 Tarver, P View SO 27 300 11.1 Behnfeldt, Marsh JR 29 322 11.1 Smith, SFAust SR 27 299 11.1 Hall, Wash JR 27 296 11.0 Aghedo, StPete SO 28 304 10.9 FEASTER, HARV SR 26 280 10.8 Smith, Furman SO 29 303 10.4 Adams, Coppin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA W. BASKETBALL LEADERS | 3/11/1998 | See Source »

SHAKY DEFIBRILLATORS Warning. Because of a software error, the implantable defibrillator Ventak AV may make the heart race. The device needn't be removed but should be adjusted by a doctor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 22, 1997 | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

Before this technology, sound files came largely in the form of Windows WAV or Macintosh AV files. Both of these formats had terrific sound quality, but at a high price: since those files were often a megabyte or more in size, it could take minutes to download a 15-second sound bite...

Author: By Kevin S. Davis, | Title: techTALK | 3/4/1997 | See Source »

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