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The Virtual Tour of the Quad (2000-2008)
Eight years later in 2008, the Quad Tour was removed and replaced with updated information as the University completely revamped their website. But in terms of the Internet, an 8-year run was very good indeed!
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When the University
of Illinois first contacted me, they expressed their admiration
of my website, stating that it had a "strong sense of community
spirit" and hoped that I could help them create a new addition
to the U of I website--a "virtual tour" of the Quad.
I agreed that such an online tour would be an ideal way to showcase
the University and enlisted the creative services of Mark
Otnes at the 
Mark
did it all. He hired students as tour guide models, photographed
them at every building on the Quad and created an informative,
interactive and entertaining tour for the U of I website. When
it first went "LIVE" on the Internet in 2000, a ceremony
commemorating the event was held, and the tour's first moments
were projected up onto a huge screen for all to enjoy (see photo
above).The approximate value of this cyberspace gift was well
over $8,000. The entire ceremony was covered by the press and
a nice article appeared in the Daily Illini a few
days later (see at right).