UIRAPURU OVER THE AMAZON

AWARD WINNING ARTWORK MERGES TELEPRESENCE WITH VIRTUAL REALITY, WHILE
PINGBIRDS SING ACCORDING TO INTERNET TRAFFIC

"UIRAPURU," EDUARDO KAC
ICC Biennale '99, October 15 - November 28, 1999

"Uirapuru" is an artwork by Eduardo Kac that merges telepresence with
virtual reality on the Internet. The work is being exhibited both online
and in a gallery at the InterCommunication Center (ICC), Tokyo, as part
of the ICC Biennale '99. The multi-user VRML world and the live
streaming video and audio of "Uirapuru" can be experienced at:
http://uirapuru.ntticc.or.jp. Remote participants are encouraged to
navigate and interact with "Uirapuru", a colorful, flying telerobotic
fish which hovers above a forest at the exhibition site. Documentation
of the project is archived at: http://www.ekac.org/uirapuru.html.