The Virtual Rendezvous®

Virtual Rendezvous is the name of a small, virtual corporation of like-minded individuals, companies, and organizations dedicated to the designing, building, and fostering of a more socially-focused, real-time, immersive version of the Web. This vision is much more than Cyberspace, although parts of it will be prototyped as 3D, persistent, immersive worlds, and it is much more than blending any-device IM and telephony seamlessly with non-real-time media, though that capability will play a key part in its first implementations.

Over time, this site hopes to foster discussion, spread information and ideas, and create a home for visionaries, both artistic and scientific. At first, it can only be a reflection of its creators, but The Virtual Rendezvous cannot succeed without your input and feedback. Your voice will help make this site, and our vision, come into being. For now, blog and slashdot-like discussions with wiki additions to the site are all that's possible, but check back now and then and soon much more powerful metaphors will emerge as the site begins to use the Virtual Rendezvous Service itself.

Virtual Rendezvous is looking for motivated developers, artists, and designers to work on building a prototype of the system. The result of this work will be tested in a small (Net) community and, if successful, will be used to leverage capital for a national deployment.

Only those with ambitious, seemingly unrealistic goals need apply. We plan on changing the world.

Though all Virtual Rendezvous efforts will be Java/JXTA/JINI-based open software, and the VR Service will always be free, the ultimate goal of the corporation's spin-off child companies is to make enough money to free its creators from work other than the completion of their shared vision. Thus, contributors to Rendezvous Media (its first child) must sign non-disclosure agreements with that company, whose source code and designs must be kept confidential. In return, those making significant contributions will get a chance to own a piece of Virtual Rendezvous, or one of its children. If this is a problem for you, work only on the free parts! They will always be free (in both senses).

Looking for the historical Virtual Rendezvous pages (c.1993-97)?
Looking for Buick's Rendezvous SUV (c.2000-->the present)?

For more information about Virtual Rendezvous, email us.
...about working with Rendezvous Media, email here.

Legal Notices: Shared Activity Protocol, Shared Activity Server, Shared Activity Service, Virtual Rendezvous Protocol, Virtual Rendezvous Server, and Virtual Rendezvous Service are trademarks of Virtual Rendezvous. Virtual Rendezvous is a registered trademark of Charles L. Perkins and Virtual Rendezvous.