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 An
innovative computer/video games company has been formed by Bilkent
University senior students from various departments as a part of the
GE401-402 Innovative Product Design and Development course.
This start-up company,
which is called Cognitio Laboratories, is organized into three
departments: Technical, Business and Media. Technical Department members
are Çağlar Arslan (EE), Dünya Kırkali (CS) and Bulut Gözen (EE); the
Business Department is made up of Kerem Karsılıklı (MAN), Koray Gündoğan
(ECON) and Can Karabulut (ECON); and Yağmur Can Pekdemir (COMD) is in
charge of the Media Department.
Cognitio Labs, as an
independent start-up gaming company, came up with an idea for
implementing a 3D virtual world that could be applied to the most
frequently used Internet services. They decided to call their product
the "Elysium Network." Kerem Karsilikli from the Business Department of
Cognitio Laboratories explained that "Elysium means heaven for nobles in
Greek mythology. The reason for selecting this name for our product is
that, as a company, we will try to provide users with the opportunity to
live in a 'digital heaven'."
Basically, Elysium
Network is a multiuser, 3D-based simulation, which gives you a way to do
your online activities in a digitized, realistic online environment.
Moreover, this system enables hundreds or thousands of users to
simultaneously interact in a 3D world that they are connected to via the
Internet. In other words, the users of Elysium Network will have the
capability of doing their online chatting and dating, shopping, banking,
job-seeking and other potential online services in 3D.
Çaglar Arslan, the Project Manager and Lead Programmer, predicts that "the
Elysium Network will be a new trend in online services, which will make
the way today's services look seem primitive and completely out-of-date.
We believe that this entertaining solution will create a new way of life
in a digitized world. In fact, we think that this idea could even lead
to a system like 'The Matrix' that you saw in the movies."
For more information
about this innovative company and its unique idea, you can visit the
websites
http://www.cognitiolabs.com/ and
http://www.elysiumnetwork.com/
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