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Nerve Garden

A Virtual Terrarium
(requires VRML97 viewer such as Cortona from Parallel Graphics, automatic download available)

See samples from Siggraph here

Read:
Story of Nerve Garden
The paper, Nerve Garden: A Public Terrarium in Cyberspace
Also Wired News coverage from SIGGRAPH 97

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Try out the LACE germinator Java Applet below:

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Original Nerve Garden interface with control panel

The Garden Isles planted by
SIGGRAPH 97 Attendees

You must download and intall a VRML client to view these creatures,
try Cosmo Player from CAI, or Cortona from Parallel Graphics

Nerve Garden Archives
(live:)

Photos of our Siggraph Electric Garden booth.

Digital Biota held the Nerve Garden Workshop at
ALIFE VI, June 26, 1998 at UCLA

The Story of Nerve Garden
Wired News coverage at SIGGRAPH 97
The paper, Nerve Garden: A Public Terrarium in Cyberspace

Screen shots from the Garden in action

Lightning strikes over some early residents

The butterfly gets an aerial view of the action

Never look directly into the sun, kids. NEVER!
(evidently, you might be struck by lightning)

The bee makes its way across the isle

(expired:)

The Site coverage of Biota.org and Nerve Garden at SIGGRAPH
Heidi Swanson's Feature on VRML.SGI.COM
Nerve Garden won an Honorable Mention in the .net category of Ars Electronica 1998
Nerve Garden is published in 2000 Leonardo and 1998 Digital Salon Leonardo
Also published in the conference proceedings for Virtual Worlds 98
The draft Nerve Garden Paper for VRML98

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