News about the Virtual Walk on the Moon

In support of historic reenactments for the 30th anniversary of the Apollo program NEW! Apollo 30th Anniversary Avatar Reenactment

See what we did in Cyberspace on July 20th, 1999! and visit our preparation pages for more background.
Visit Virtual Apollo IX with Astronaut Russell Schweickart Apollo XI and a virtual reenactment of the first steps on the moon MOON is being made as part of a Web - DVD art project by Benjamin Britton at The University of Cincinnati for additional information, see the CERHAS MOON Project pages.


To visit MOON on the Internet, download and install Active Worlds and teleport to the world MOON.

News about the Virtual Walk on the Moon

July 2004: Tony Walsh's Minjack article on Multiplayer Gaming's Quiet Revolution covered the Virtual Walk on the Moon.

June 2003: A chapter written by Bruce Damer hfor Brenda Laurel's upcoming book Design Research (MIT Press). This chapter, titled A Virtual Walk on the Moon, Cyberspace meets Outerspace: Experimental Design Research in a New Medium documents the Contact Consortium's pioneering role in the experimental derivation of best practices in the creation of compelling online events in virtual worlds in the late 1990s.

July 1999: The 30th Anniversary Avatar Reenactment of the Apollo Moon Landings, a live event with Apollo IX Astronaut Russell Schweickart, was covered by About.com's in Moon Walk in Cyberspace.