Virtual Fishtank
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The Virtual Fishtank by Nearlife allows users to log on to the website, design their own virtual fish and then release them into the Virtual FishTank exhibits at either the Boston Museum Of Science or the St. Louis Science Center.
VirtualFishtank.com, a first-of-its-kind online extension of a museum exhibit, is pioneering a new model for rich, interactive, personalized entertainment using the Internet as an integral part of the creative process. It uses the latest Internet technologies to bring the Museum experience into homes and schools anywhere in the world. "Kids can now sit at their computers and create fish. They can make their fish more or less hungry and the mouth gets larger or smaller. More or less timid, and the eyes get larger or smaller," said Tinsley Galyean, co-founder and CEO of Nearlife. "When you release your fish into the tank, you can watch it react to the fish already there, eat virtual fish food, or perhaps get eaten by the shark."
