By Paul Philleo
The Metaverse U event at the Stanford University campus won't be remembered for
hot dancing models on stage or someone tripping and falling, but you just might
see a few familiar faces in the crowd here and a snapshot (literally) of some
interesting ideas in motion. Enjoy our cozy gallery of ten shots from the event.

While it doesn't show here, they organized managed to fill almost every
seat in the house

Fielding a question from the peanut gallery

Yes, they let us out for fresh air once in a while

Gathering 'round the make-believe campfire to talk about virtuals worlds over
beer, wine and Indian food

Rapk Koster, Metaplce, listens attentively to the conjecture of his fellow
conversants

Mark Terrano, Hidden Path Entertainment, engaging virtual world archiving
activists on stage.

User-created content, namely a tree, created by the Dryad program

Just after the screening of "Molotov Alva and his Search for the Creator:
A Second Life Odyssey" documentary

Lunchtime with the little red Stanford lunchboxes -- even offering Korean
beef sandwhiches!

Seeing Machines motion capture technology in action -- bringing digital
mime and clown art to faces near you!
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