Roma Victor Team to lay heads together at Hadrian's Wall, England

Weeks ago, I did a post on RedBedlam's Roma Victor, a virtual world quite similar to Linden Lab's Second Life. The article was on update subjected to the Roma Victor by the developer named The Escalation that will be available in May, this year.

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Now the very first time, the team behind Roma Victor is going to get together officially at Hadrian's Wall fort in Northumberland, England.

Nick Witcher, Communications Director RedBedlam mailed us the copy of Press Release that informs about company's meeting. Here is the Press Release:

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Creators of 'virtual world' Roma Victor to meet for the first time at Chesters Roman Fort and Museum, Northumberland, England - the site of a Hadrian's Wall fort preserved by English Heritage.

17th April 2007 - Already steeped in history of its own, the Hadrian's Wall fort will play host to another historic event on Wednesday 25th April when the multi-national team behind a unique 'virtual world' will use the venue to meet 'in the flesh' for the very first time.

Roma Victor, an online community where thousands of people from around the world meet and interact in an authentic 3D simulation of ancient life in Roman-occupied Britain, was created by Brighton-based RedBedlam by bringing together the skills and efforts of a 'virtual development team' from all parts of the globe. With the virtual world now in full swing, the creative team has been invited by English Heritage to use the Chesters fort as the venue for its first real-world meeting.

The fort at Chesters (or, as it was known in Roman times, Cilurnum) is already relevant to the project as it was the first significant structure added to Roma Victor when the online world's test servers launched in 2003.

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Kerry Fraser-Robinson, MD of RedBedlam and lead developer on the Roma Victor project:

It's going to be a very humbling experience to stand in the ghostly ruins of a location we know so well as home to a thriving community in our own virtual recreation of the era. We're very keen to promote the educational and inspirational value of virtual worlds, as they can provide people from all over the world with exciting and highly interactive access to ancient history, which has been brought to life in a way never before realised.

It took RedBedlam members five years to create Roma Victor and it's the first time various creators from distinct parts of world will get together under one roof to get familiar with each other.

However, this is unknown whether the company has invited the meeting to discuss any vital updation or just a bash.

Special thanks to Nick Witcher

Via: roma-victor