11/08/99, 09:05 EST, Anselm Hook - anselm@openmediagroup.com

We're pleased to announce that the GooglePlex game has now been packaged into an automated installer for Windows. Go to www.openmediagroup.com/installation.html for details and download. Try it out and let us know what you think!

09/22/99, 18:05 EST, Anselm Hook - anselm@openmediagroup.com

I'll be speaking about various aspects of making games using dynamics at the XGDC (Xtreme Game Developers Conference) October 2-3,1999 in San Mateo California. This presentation -- "From Concept to Code" -- will include specific examples from the MeOMG MediaToy project.

09/19/99, 17:47 EST, Anselm Hook - anselm@openmediagroup.com

We're pleased to announce that the source code for our game GooglePlex is now available from our downloads page. This is a good example product using Java3D and MathEngine. Some of you may have seen this at various trade-shows such as Siggraph or the Tokyo Game Developers Conference where we've been showing it for MathEngine.

We are exploring what it means to take dynamics for granted in a game by doing a number of lightweight simulations and games built on top of the MathEngine SDK. We're using the standard MathEngine library but also have a pre-release of a Collision Library as part of our distribution.

Our next project is to build a lightweight dynamics authoring tool on top of the current code base. We intend to port the entire thing to the Playstation II and we will also have Linux support within a few weeks. In addition, we've built a more complex dynamical car with a real suspension that we'll probably post as well. Our website will have Japanese documentation in the near future. This is definitely a work in progress and our goals may change so be advised.

09/13/99, 17:00 EST, webmaster - webmaster@openmediagroup.com

Anselm Hook and Lucy Boyd-Wilson will be demoing at the first annual CESA Developer's Conference September 16-17, 1999 at Makuhari Messe (Nippon Convention Center / International Conference Hall) and the Sony Devcon Middleware Show (Tokyo, September 20-22), and attending the Tokyo Game Show (September 17-19). Andy will stay through until September 30, and is happy to make the time to meet with any interested open source or Java developers while in Japan.

08/29/99, 17:42 EST, Lorna Moroz - lorna@openmediagroup.com

I'll be attending the ECTS in London, England (September 5th through 7th). No MathEngine booth this time, I'm going to vet the show for the rest of the group. Email if you wish to catch up with me any time during the conference.

08/29/99, 17:37 EST, Webmaster - webmaster@openmediagroup.com

Jingyu (Jimmy) Liang has joined the Open Media Group as our 3D Modeller. For more information on Jimmy's background check out his biography posted here.

08/06/99, 17:52 EST, Webmaster - webmaster@openmediagroup.com

As published for Siggraph '99, an online copy of the MediaToy Product Specification document is now available. We'll be running our demo of the MediaToy GooglePlex game at the MathEngine booth # 321, you can catch up with us there throughout the conference.

08/06/99, 16:01 EST, Webmaster - webmaster@openmediagroup.com

We're seeking to recruit a senior software developer to the MeOMG team. This is an opportunity to do meaningful work and a chance to participate in exciting new technology.

Please refer to our jobs page for details.

07/30/99, 16:36 EST, Lorna Moroz - lorna@openmediagroup.com

It took us longer than we wanted but we finally got there - our MediaToy Game project finally has a name: MediaToy GooglePlex. Thank you to Andy Krouwel of MathEngine for the suggestion. For the non-mathematicians in the audience: the reference is to a "googolplex" a.k.a. a very large number... ten raised to the power of a googol to be exact. A googol is ten raised to the hundredth power (10¹⁰⁰).

07/23/99, 19:41 EST, Lorna Moroz - lorna@openmediagroup.com

The whole team will be headed down to Los Angeles for Siggraph August 8th through 13th. We'll be running our demo at the MathEngine booth # 321, you can catch up with us there throughout the conference. If you wish to plan specific meetings in advance please contact us directly before the show.

06/22/99, 14:34 EST, Lorna Moroz - lorna@openmediagroup.com

We'll (Lorna and Lucy) be off to London, England for the Miller Freeman Develop! '99 Conference this weekend, June 26th & 27th. Sorry, there's no site to link you to. Email us if you're interested in catching up with us at the show.

06/11/99, 13:53 EST, Webmaster - webmaster@openmediagroup.com

Java3D has added the Open Media Group to their "Customer Success Stories". See http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/in_action/mathengine.html after Monday June 14th for details.