From: Yuval Levy
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 2:40 PM
To: Kevin Groh
Subject: VR pictures of Wal Mart store
Dear Mr. Groh
I contact you in this matter as I believe it is a public relationship
opportunity for your company.
I kindly ask permission to take VR (virtual reality) panoramic
photographs (spanning 360 degrees) of the interior of a Wal-Mart
store
to be published March 20 in the context of an educational effort,
the
World Wide Panorama project.
The World Wide Panorama, sponsored by the Geography Computing Facility,
University of California Berkeley, is an award-winning collaborative
non-profit effort of 200 photographers from 38 countries, each
contributing one VR (virtual reality) panorama. These remarkable
computer images allow a 360 degree view, letting you look in any
direction, including straight up and down.
The goals of the project are the promotion of virtual reality (VR)
and
the publication of images useful within the context of geography
teaching.
The World Wide Panorama has been awarded the Yahoo! Search (UK
&
Ireland) Find of the Year 2004, in the Travel Category.
Four times a years photographers are assigned a theme allowing
for many
interpretations. Each photographer produces and contributes one
VR
panorama showing her own local interpretation and perspective on
the
theme.
The theme for the next event, scheduled for March 17 to 20, is
"Markets".
The market for consumer goods and services is one of the largest
in the
world and one that concern almost every individual on Earth. Wal-Mart
is
the largest player in this market. Thanks to Wal-mart, millions
of
customers get the opportunity to participate in that market every
day
and extract better value for their money. I believe Wal Mart deserves
to
be featured in the project.
Past themes where "Sanctuary", "Bridges" "World
Heritage" and "The
Original WWP". You can see my personal contribution to the
"Sanctuary"
event at http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp1204/html/YuvalLevy.html
All continents (except Antarctica) are represented, and 27 American
states. Participants include professional photographers, artists,
computer experts, senior citizens and students. Biographies of many
of
the participants are on the site.
I am a passionate photographer who likes to push himself to the
limits.
After underwater photography I saw VR photography as my next challenge
and I started taking full spherical panoramas last year when I moved
to
Canada, following my Canadian wife's academic career. I was born
in
Israel and raised in Switzerland. After university and business
school I
worked as an analyst for Credit Suisse, the second largest bank
of
Switzerland. Since 2000 I make a living as an independent consultant.
Visit the World Wide Panorama at "http://www.worldwidepanorama.com/".
The four previous events are on line, an amazing archive of over
800 VR
panoramas spanning the globe.
All images are copyright by the original photographers. I will
accomodate Wal-Mart's needs in terms of copyright and transfer copyright
ownership to Wal-Mart at no cost and with no string attached.
A caption is published next to the image. It is an occasion to
expand on
the theme its interpretation. My wish as an MBA is to expand on
the
strategic market forces according to professor Michael Porter of
Hardvard Business School, but I will accomodate any request of yours.
The text will be submitted for your approval prior to publication.
For further information contact me, Yuval Levy, +1 418 XXX XXXX
or by
replying to this email. You can also contact the WWP organizers
G.
Donald Bain (XXX@YYY.com) and Landis Bennett
(XXX@YYY.com).
Thank you for your attention and
Kind Regards
Yuval Levy
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Yuval Levy
MBA, CFA
1(418)XXX-XXX
+41 XX XXX XXX
XXX@YYY.ch |
