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In June of 2000, a company by the name of Spool Media signed an agreement with The Wiggles to create ''''WiggleWorld'''', an interactive children’s website.<ref name="Newswire article">[https://web.archive.org/web/20001208201000/www.newswire.com.au/apcweb/news.nsf/HTML/Category/4CDBA0B2006B1F0BCA25690A00308EF5 Newswire article, June 26, 2000]</ref> The site would launch in December of that same year and would eventually shut down in October 2001.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011014095730/http://www.wiggleworld.com/closed.asp An archived page informing people that the website has closed down, October 14, 2001]</ref> The website included games, e-cards, a screensaver (''which still works'')<ref>[https://youtu.be/cybMpydecaE A screen recording of the WiggleWorld screensaver.]</ref>, colour-in pictures, two message boards (the first was launched on January 12, 2001<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010212020350/http://www.wiggleworld.com/board/messages/1.html First message on the 'WiggleWorld Community' message board, January 12, 2001]</ref>, and the second was launched on February 2, 2001.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010217044833/http://www.wiggleworld.com/board01/messages/2.html Second message on the 'Big Fans of The Wiggles' message board, February 2, 2001]</ref>) and most of all, a fully interactive online 3D environment (''a.k.a. the WiggleWorld viewer'') that was presumably based off the Wiggles’ world from their second TV series.


In June of 2000, a company by the name of Spool Media signed an agreement with The Wiggles to create ''''WiggleWorld'''', an interactive children’s website.<ref name="Newswire article">https://web.archive.org/web/20001208201000/www.newswire.com.au/apcweb/news.nsf/HTML/Category/4CDBA0B2006B1F0BCA25690A00308EF5</ref> The site would launch in December of that same year and would eventually shut down in October 2001.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20011014095730/http://www.wiggleworld.com/closed.asp</ref> The website included games, e-cards, a screensaver (''which still works'')<ref>https://youtu.be/cybMpydecaE</ref>, colour-in pictures, two message boards and most of all, a fully interactive online 3D environment (''a.k.a. the WiggleWorld viewer'') that was presumably based off the Wiggles’ world from their second TV series.
The 3D environment was developed by Spool Media using b3d Studio<ref name="Brilliant Digital article">[https://web.archive.org/web/20010919095301/http://dev.bde.com.au/content.asp?skin=BDE1&ID=739 Brilliant Digital article, September 6, 2001]</ref>, and would allow users to "''choose destinations, travel in 3D cars down roads, then look around, pick things up, and learn through fun interactive participation.''"<ref name="Brilliant Digital article" /> The viewer also included things such as new characters<ref name="Newswire article" />, animations, songs, videos, and other interactive content.<ref name="ASX media release">[https://www.asx.com.au/asx/v2/statistics/displayAnnouncement.do?display=text&issuerId=295&announcementId=741527&documentDate=2000-07-25&documentNumber=181789 ASX media release, July 25, 2000]</ref> Not much information is known about how the WiggleWorld viewer actually ran from a player’s perspective, in fact, only one image has been discovered of the viewer, being found in September of 2022.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CiGYrGrDUqR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Instagram post presenting the discovered photo of the WiggleWorld viewer, September 4, 2022]</ref> Which just so happened to be on an old Wiggles fansite.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040815234409/http://www.evanandcalumssite.homestead.com/The_Wiggles.html Archived fansite containing the only photo that is known to exist of the WiggleWorld viewer, August 15, 2004]</ref>


The 3D environment was developed by Spool Media using b3d Studio<ref name="Brilliant Digital article">https://web.archive.org/web/20010919095301/http://dev.bde.com.au/content.asp?skin=BDE1&ID=739</ref>, and would allow users to "''choose destinations, travel in 3D cars down roads, then look around, pick things up, and learn through fun interactive participation.''"<ref name="Brilliant Digital article" /> The viewer also included things such as new characters<ref name="Newswire article" />, animations, songs, videos, and other interactive content.<ref>https://www.asx.com.au/asx/v2/statistics/displayAnnouncement.do?display=text&issuerId=295&announcementId=741527&documentDate=2000-07-25&documentNumber=181789</ref> Not much information is known about how the WiggleWorld viewer actually ran from a player’s perspective, in fact, only one image has been discovered of the viewer, being found in September of 2022.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CiGYrGrDUqR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link</ref> Which just so happened to be on an old Wiggles fansite.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040815234409/http://www.evanandcalumssite.homestead.com/The_Wiggles.html</ref>
In order to enter the WiggleWorld viewer, you would first have to get a special software called the “Big Red Car Viewer” that approximately took a few minutes to download at the time.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010508111931/http://www.netweek.com.au/cgi/search/Search?term=&cat=&sort=&group=3010&total=3364 Search results on the Netweek website containing a brief summary of WiggleWorld, May 8, 2001]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010210210433/http://www.wiggleworld.com/faq/faq001.asp Frequently asked questions on the WiggleWorld website.]</ref>
 
In order to enter the WiggleWorld viewer, you would first have to get a special software called the “Big Red Car Viewer” that approximately took a few minutes to download at the time.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010508111931/http://www.netweek.com.au/cgi/search/Search?term=&cat=&sort=&group=3010&total=3364</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010210210433/http://www.wiggleworld.com/faq/faq001.asp</ref>


Despite everything that we know about the website and its contents, not much of it ended up getting archived in the end. So as a result, certain parts of the website are now lost. Including any possible way of running the WiggleWorld viewer.
Despite everything that we know about the website and its contents, not much of it ended up getting archived in the end. So as a result, certain parts of the website are now lost. Including any possible way of running the WiggleWorld viewer.
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   |description1 =An animated music video of the Wiggles song, "''Dorothy the Dinosaur''" which is believed to have been shot in one of the locations in the 3D environment.
   |description1 =An animated music video of the Wiggles song, "''Dorothy the Dinosaur''" which very well could've been one of the animations that the ASX media release was referring to.<ref name="ASX media release" /> This is further proven by Dorothy saying "''I'm having so much fun here in '''WiggleWorld!'''''" at the beginning of the video.
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==Links==
==External Link==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010809121120/http://www.wiggleworld.com/HOME.ASP WiggleWorld]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010809121120/http://www.wiggleworld.com/HOME.ASP August 2001 archive of WiggleWorld]
 
==See Also==
===TV===
*[[The Wiggles Live at Disneyland (found Australian TV special; 1998)]]
*[[The Wiggles (partially found alternate versions of episodes of children's show; 1998-2011)]]
*[[The Wiggles Series One (partially lost deleted scenes of children's live action series; 1997-1998)]]
*[[The Wiggles Show (partially found animated songs from children's show; mid 2000s)]]
*[[The Wiggles (lost unaired ABC pilot featuring children's group; 1995)]]
*[[The Wiggles Show (found Latin American adaptation of children's series; 2006)]]
*[[Let's Wiggle (partially found short series for children's band; 1997-1999)]]
*[[The Wiggles (partially found Taiwanese adaptation of children's series; 2003-2007)]]
*[[Wiggle and Learn (lost unreleased original version of children's TV series; 2006)]]
*[[A Wiggly Postcard from Asia (rumored/lost TV special of The Wiggles tour; existence unconfirmed; 2003)]]
*[[Dorothy The Dinosaur (unreleased fourth season of children's TV series; 2016)]]
 
===Concerts===
*[[The Wiggles Big Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 1997)]]
*[[Wiggly Party Live in Concert (partially found footage of Vodafone Arena performance; 2001)]]
*[[Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show (lost footage of The Wiggles live performance; 2000; existence unconfirmed)]]
*[[Toot Toot Show! (partially lost footage of The Wiggles performance; 1998)]]
*[[The Wiggles - NASA (lost footage of National Aeronautics and Space Administration performance; 2004)]]
*[[Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert (partially found footage of Sydney Entertainment Centre performance; 2004)]]
*[[Wiggly Safari Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles performances; 2002)]]
*[[Wiggledancing! Live On Stage (partially found pro-shot recordings of concert tour; 2006)]]
*[[Greatest Hits In The Round (partially lost Acer Arena performance of The Wiggles; 2010)]]
*[[Christmas Celebration (lost footage of The Wiggles final performance; 2012)]]
*[[The Wiggles LIVE In Concert Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert (partially found footage of Indian Ocean earthquake fundraiser performance; 2005)]]
*[[The Wiggly Big Show Tour (lost footage of "The Wiggles" live performance; 1999)]]
*[[The Wiggles Reunion Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 2016)]]
*[[Sailing Around The World Live! (partially lost recordings of The Wiggles tour; 2005-2006)]]
*[[Pop Go The Wiggles Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles tour; 2007)]]
*[[Big Red Car Tour (partially found footage of The Wiggles concert tour; 1995-1996)]]
*[[The Wiggles (lost video recordings from Wonderland Sydney concert; 2001)]]
 
===Videos===
*[[Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (partially found original version of music video from album; 1996)]]
*[[Wake Up Jeff! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 1996)]]
*[[A Wiggle Tale: Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (found promotional VHS tape; 1999)]]
*[[Getting Strong! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 2006)]]
*[[The Wiggles (partially lost widescreen versions of children's videos; 2002-2004)]]
*[[Dancing Ride (found The Wiggles music video; 2001)]]
*[[LIVE Hot Potatoes! (found uncut version of Wiggles video; 2005)]]
*[[Overture Introductions (lost pre-show videos from The Wiggles tour; 2004)]]
*[[The Wiggles (partially found unreleased music videos of children's group; 2000s-2020s)]]
*[[Toot Toot! (found original version of The Wiggles video; 1998)]]
*[[Pop Go The Wiggles (lost unreleased version of The Wiggles video; existence unconfirmed; 2006)]]
 
===Music===
*[[Get Ready To Wiggle! (lost "The Wiggles" UK album; 1999)]]
*[[The Wiggles Show (partially lost songs from Latin American children's series; 2006)]]
*[[The Wiggles (partially lost re-recorded instrumentals of Australian children's band; 2000s)]]
===Miscellaneous===
*[[Neighbours "Episode 3896" (partially found episode of Australian soap opera; 2001)]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 12:34, 1 February 2023

WiggleWorld logo.png

The website's logo.

Status: Partially Found

In June of 2000, a company by the name of Spool Media signed an agreement with The Wiggles to create 'WiggleWorld', an interactive children’s website.[1] The site would launch in December of that same year and would eventually shut down in October 2001.[2] The website included games, e-cards, a screensaver (which still works)[3], colour-in pictures, two message boards (the first was launched on January 12, 2001[4], and the second was launched on February 2, 2001.[5]) and most of all, a fully interactive online 3D environment (a.k.a. the WiggleWorld viewer) that was presumably based off the Wiggles’ world from their second TV series.

The 3D environment was developed by Spool Media using b3d Studio[6], and would allow users to "choose destinations, travel in 3D cars down roads, then look around, pick things up, and learn through fun interactive participation."[6] The viewer also included things such as new characters[1], animations, songs, videos, and other interactive content.[7] Not much information is known about how the WiggleWorld viewer actually ran from a player’s perspective, in fact, only one image has been discovered of the viewer, being found in September of 2022.[8] Which just so happened to be on an old Wiggles fansite.[9]

In order to enter the WiggleWorld viewer, you would first have to get a special software called the “Big Red Car Viewer” that approximately took a few minutes to download at the time.[10][11]

Despite everything that we know about the website and its contents, not much of it ended up getting archived in the end. So as a result, certain parts of the website are now lost. Including any possible way of running the WiggleWorld viewer.

Gallery

Videos

An animated music video of the Wiggles song, "Dorothy the Dinosaur" which very well could've been one of the animations that the ASX media release was referring to.[7] This is further proven by Dorothy saying "I'm having so much fun here in WiggleWorld!" at the beginning of the video.

Pictures

External Link

See Also

TV

Concerts

Videos

Music

Miscellaneous

References