To: kriz@wave.esm.vt.edu
From: "James Blom"
Subject: DONATION OF SITE LIC.
Cc: jeffm@sense8.com
Subject: FW: Virginia Tech SITE LIC.,DONATION, MARKETING, TRAINING,
Dear Ron,
Thanks again for your voice mails the other day, and your help in distributing
information on our company. Let's definitely plan on a meeting for September
23 at around 11:00 am or 3:00 pm.
Enclosed you will find first our proposal for a site license and for the
relationship we hope to build with Virginia Tech over the coming months.
Second, you will find an email detailing our internet straegy. Please feel
free to distribute this information. Also, please call or email me back with
your suggestions, and/or recommendations. You can reach me at 301-571-2450-
or my home office number of 202-333-3942.
Sincerely,
James F. Blom
East Coast Territory Mgr.
A VIRGINIA TECH SITE LIC. DONATION
In short, Sense8 would really like to partner with VT. By partnering, I mean
Sense8 would like VT to become (1)a Beta-Site for our firm, (2) a Sense8
Authorized Developer, and (3) an authorized Training Center. The most visible
way we can show our commitment to helping VT in achieving these goals is to
give the school a donation. My goal is to give VT a donation in the form of a
Site License and all of the benefits and resources which come with this
program. At the center of this would be your Lab.
We have just begun offering this to other Universities on the East Coast, and
we are very excited about hopefully being able to extend this opportunity VT.
The value to VT is about $300,000 in software. The cost to VT in supporting a
site license is $35,000 for the intitial set up , and $15,000 every year
thereafter. Because of the time and resources Sense8 will dedicate towards VT
to implement this program, and because of the details necessary to execute
this effectively-I need your help. If you feel any of the other departments
or students could benefit from having either WorldUp or WorldToolkit running
on their pcs,nt machines, or unix platforms-please consider helping me
approach the other departments or perhaps even your own department.
One benefit we can definately cite to the school is that anyone graduating
with proficiency in either WorldToolkit or WorldUp would be hired immediately
for a very good salary by our commercial customers(Now over 500 companies)
and/or Sense8 itself. This is just one of the benefits we can cite.
If this at all interests you, would you please call me at your convenience. I
can be reached at 301-571-2450. I really look forward to your input, and I
believe once you read my entire email you will see the depth of commitment
Sense8 is ready to grant VT.
Some QUESTIONS I definately need your help on:
What other departments at VT would be strong candidates for donating some
funds towards support make this site donation possible?
Who are some other key faculty who are intellectually keen on VR,
Simulation,Visualization, and Animation?
Who is the Director of Purchasing for the school?
Does VT have any sponsoring relationships with outside institutions or
companies?
If there is anyone else at VT who you think would benfit from reading this
email, could you please let me know ?
Thanks again for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
James F. Blom
East Coast Territory Mgr.
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SITE LICENSE
Site License for all of Sense8 Commercial products on all supported platforms
on an unlimted number of workstations and pcs. This also includes all future
upgrades. Therefore, as the school expands-all furture platforms are covered
as well as the number of users. This will also inlcude all of our new 3D
Content WEB SERVER product which intitially was shown at SIGGRAPH this year.
The total value of this package commercially is well over $350,000.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES:
1) The Authorization to copy our TRAINING CURRICULUM on VR and our Products.
2 ) Master set of documentation.
3) Purchase of Sense8 produced documentation at our "cost".
4) Product Distribution (CDROM and tape) on a quarterly basis.
5) Second tier support (the school does first tier)
6) Single point-of-contact between school and Sense8
7) First year-$35,000- A ($300,000 VALUE)-Each year thereafter will be $15,000
for covering support costs and software upgrades
Cancelable at any time after the first year.
8) Training at Mill Valley for two people(A $3,000 value).
9) The opportunity for VT to be an Authorized TRAINING CENTER and Development
Site for SENSE8 on the East Coast. The requirement is that one or more
instructors are certified by the Sense8 training staff to teach WorldUP and/or
WorldToolkit. THis requirement is met after having attended one training
course in Mill Valley California and having taught the product over the course
of 1 year at an educational facility.
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SUBMITTED TO:
Mr. Ron Kriz
Virginia Tech
Norris Hall, ESM (0219)
Blacksburg, VA
24061
SUBMITTED BY:
JAMES F. BLOM
Sense8 Corporation
6701 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20817
SITE #:: EAST 146-Q396-VT
SITE DONATION VALID: NOVEMBER 31, 1996
DONATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 1996
DONATION FOR SITE LICENSE
ITEM DESCRIPTION COST TOTAL
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1 SITE LICENSE SEE ABOVE $35,000 $35,000
THE SUPPORT WILL BE RENEWED ONE CALENDAR
YEAR FROM THE DATE OF A SIGNED PURCHASE
ORDER FROM VT FOR A COST OF $15,000.
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TOTAL $35,000
Please Note: This donation does not include any appropriate taxes or shipping
expenses. VT
will notify Sense8 as to their preferred carrier.