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For immediate release:
"My name is Jackie Strike. With your support, I'm going to be the first female president of the United States." The
candidate bold enough to make this claim has got to be out of this world.
8 September 2000 - Jackie Strike is one candidate who doesn't dodge debate. For the first time, a politician responds
directly to each citizen's questions and concerns 24 hours a day. State of the art technology enables the virtual
presidential hopeful to engage citizens in digital debate at www.jackiestrike.com. By combining information, politics
and technology, the website demonstrates that political sites don't have to be bland, and candidates can involve voters
in interactive dialogue.
"I'm here to talk about my candidacy, the issues and more. What's your name?" beckons the virtual voice through the
loudspeakers. In the browser window, the lip-syncing 3-D character warmly smiles in anticipation of dialogue. Users
type in questions, and get immediate spoken and written responses on issues such as gun control, social security and
campaign finance reform. "The great thing about an e-campaign is that the issues are put to debate not just prime time,
but online and all the time", comments Strike, "True democratic process must be interactive. The talk must go on."
The one-on-one chat with the talking 3-D candidate sets not only a political precedent, but is a technological first.
The quick-loading, browser-friendly interactive 3-D candidate is brought online by noDNA: "Jackie is the first
presidential candidate to use the dynamic progression streaming of our 'VuppetChannel' browser extension" explains noDNA
CEO, Olaf Schirm. "This channel transmits Jackie in 3D right onto your desktop, ensures that Jackie's appearance and
actions cannot be tampered with by third parties and provides body movements, facial expressions and lip-sync speech
in real time."
The 3-D character is interfaced with Kiwilogic's intelligent language systems, enabling Jackie to understand and respond
to users' questions. "Usually presidential candidates don't even know who their voters are or what issues are important
to them" says Kiwilogic CEO, Karl-Ludwig von Wendt. "Jackie is available for her voters 24/7. Our unique Lingubot-technology
brings real interactivity to any website and a new quality into the relationship between politicians and the people."
The Jackie chat feature rounds out the technologies on offer at jackiestrike.com, including voice-moderated web tours,
the "Phrasemonger" speech generator, forums, polls, volunteer email supporter program, e-cards and an e-ballot .
Jackie's mission is to make politics entertaining while helping voters find the information they need to make informed
decisions. Lars Hinrichs, Böttcher Hinrichs CEO and initiator of the virtual politician: "The future of democracy is
digital. Jackie Strike is the first candidate to tackle the issues by talking candidly and personally to each citizen.
The debate is open, and everyone is welcome to speak their mind at Jackie at jackiestrike.com."
Jackie Strike - She's smart, modern, dynamic and unlike her mortal pol-peers, she's accessible. As a browser-friendly and
interactive 3-D character, Jackie Strike is the first politician capable of speaking personally to all citizens - anywhere
and anytime. The virtual candidate for the US Presidency is the digital answer to your everyday politician. Her site
combines information & technology, draws a fine line between virtual and reality, and is helping shape the future of
democracy. At www.jackiestrike.com, Jackie offers a multi-partisan political view, introducing visitors to many sides
of the issues on her Web Tours. In Speeches, Jackie generates political speak at the click of a mouse, randomly quoting
Bush, Gore and even JFK, MLK and the Declaration of Independence. Strike's motivation is to involve people in politics
online, promoting the democratic power, influence and participation of each individual via the Internet. Jackie is for
those who don't want to just read static political discourse, but see it, hear it, and feel it. In addition to
communicating directly with site visitors online, Jackie can also appear "live" in 3-D for Internet or TV events.
Further information is available at: http://jackiestrike.org/pressoffice.
Jackie for President Ltd., initiators of the Strike campaign, is a joint venture of
Boettcher Hinrichs AG,
noDNA AG and Web Pilots Inc.
Boettcher Hinrichs AG - (http://www.boettcher-hinrichs.com) develops applications for political
and corporate communication, and provides PR Consulting and Relationship Management for Internet companies. noDNA AG
(http://www.nodna.com) is the first agency for virtual models and actors. In addition to renting virtual actors
developed in-house, noDNA also acquires virtual characters from designers worldwide and offers solutions for realtime
interactive Newsspeakers, Hosts, Entertainers and Consultants for Web, IT and digital media. Web Pilots Corp.
(http://www.webpilots.com) lead internet users on topical voyages through the World Wide Web by means of
editorially-supported tour engines. Additional Jackie Partner is kiwilogic.com AG
(http://www.kiwilogic.com),
which develops "Lingubots™" using natural language technology that lets a computer "understand" and respond to human
dialogue. Jackie is also supported by new7wonders.com (www.new7wonders.com),
PR Newswire (www.prnewswire.com), and
White House Protests (www.whitehouseprotests.com).
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