FROM YOUR SOFA, DISCOVER CHAMPS ELYSEES LIKE YOU NEVER DID BEFORE!

Best-of-breed new multimedia technology and camera offers visitors a web based 365° virtual walk-through visit of Champs Elysees Avenue.

The “most beautiful avenue of the world” is coming to you: experience it !

“We are often looking for ways to make Champs Elysees the most accessible as possible to visitors and we hope the virtual experience will heighten their enjoyment making it more personal and even closer to reality.
Our virtual visit provides impressions and emotions that would just not be possible with a 3D medium like 3D virtual representation of famous cultural places, where web surfers are most of times passive and where you need to install plug ins. ChampsElysees.org through its «365° Visit» offers a new dimension to the online experience:

A True and Real virtual visit immediately viewable on all computers.

We are proud of this innovative effort to extend the Champs Elysees experience to new and more diverse audiences. This is just the beginning of an open and widely accessible realistic  Champs Elysees online, where you will be able to  virtually «365°» visit any shop, restaurant, theater, show-room…” says Eric Ange Pena, CEO of 888 IG (publishing company).

ChampsElysees.org with its “365° Visit”, a web-based, interactive virtual walk-through, is revolutionizing the virtual tour technology, allowing exclusive users from anywhere in the world to “walk around” the popular Champs Elysees Avenue as they decide to!

Unlike traditional virtual tours with flat, panoramic views at a few key spots, “365° Visit” allows viewers to stroll an entire location with the ability to have a full 360-degree look around at any given point along the path. “365° Visit” gives viewers a sense of “being there” by combining the realism of an immersive photo and the interactivity of a video game, into an only unique technology.

Going for a walk: You just need to click on the arrow on the right corner, on the bottom of the screen, and your mouse allows the discovery of Champs Elysees’ Universe. You can go forwards, backwards, look around and discover the avenue under unique angles. Pictures are really taken under a pedestrian point of view, to create a feeling of reality. Offering an unique exploration, or the most highly imaginable detailed visualization of Champs Elysees.

“365° Visit” enables people viewing restaurants, shops, theaters, planning their trip to Champs Elysees or just discovering “The Most Beautiful Avenue of the World” from their sofas.

For the best personal experience, the system makes use of a camera which creates the digital image with a seamless scan in one fast rotation. It is one of the most amazing and expensive cameras around the world. Really appreciated by the internet users at the test phase, the “365° Visit” of Champs Elysees is today accessible to 1,5 billion internet users in all over the world through ChampsElysees.org, 365 days a year.

www.ChampsElysees.org/365visit

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Champs Elysees Avenue in 360° and 365 days a year

Times Square’s First Eco-Board Powered Solely by Wind and Solar Energy Provides Backdrop for New Year’s Eve Celebration.

When the ball dropped on New Year’s Eve 2009, Times Square’s first Eco-Board, a billboard powered solely by wind and solar energy, is the backdrop for New York City’s most famous celebration. Ricoh Company, Ltd., a global leader in digital office solutions, is continuing construction on the Eco-Board, which will lessen the amount of carbon emissions by 18 tons per year and will save enough electricity to light six average-sized homes for a year.

Live installation of the Eco-Board can be viewed at http://www.ricoh-eco.com/live.asp.

Although inclement weather and lengthy processes and inspections have prolonged the installation of the sign, the wind turbines, solar panels and vinyl have been installed, and the turbines are expected to be operational in the coming weeks.

The Eco-Board is powered by 16 wind turbines and 64 solar panels measuring 47 feet high by 126 feet long and weighing 35,000 pounds.

View further information from RICOH ECO Programs: www.ricoh-eco.com

Click on video for RICOH ECO-Billboard.

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Ricoh’s Environmentally-Friendly Billboard Will Reduce CO2 Usage by 18 Tons