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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</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 (the first was launched on January 12, 2001<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010212020350/http://www.wiggleworld.com/board/messages/1.html</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</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 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[https://web.archive.org/web/20011014095730/http://www.wiggleworld.com/closed.asp An archived page informing people that the website has closed down, October 14, 2001]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.


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 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</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>
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>


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>
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>


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.

Revision as of 06:33, 23 November 2022

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

  • The only picture known to exist of the WiggleWorld viewer.

    The only picture known to exist of the WiggleWorld viewer.

  • A photo of Greg Wiggle originally from the e-card section of the website.[12]

    A photo of Greg Wiggle originally from the e-card section of the website.[12]

  • A photo of Murray Wiggle originally from the e-card section of the website.[12]

    A photo of Murray Wiggle originally from the e-card section of the website.[12]

  • A photo of Jeff Wiggle originally from the e-card section of the website.[12]

    A photo of Jeff Wiggle originally from the e-card section of the website.[12]

  • A photo of Anthony Wiggle originally from the e-card section of the website.[12]

    A photo of Anthony Wiggle originally from the e-card section of the website.[12]

External Link

See Also

TV

Concerts

Videos

Music

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Newswire article, June 26, 2000
  2. ↑ An archived page informing people that the website has closed down, October 14, 2001
  3. ↑ A screen recording of the WiggleWorld screensaver.
  4. ↑ First message on the 'WiggleWorld Community' message board, January 12, 2001
  5. ↑ Second message on the 'Big Fans of The Wiggles' message board, February 2, 2001
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Brilliant Digital article, September 6, 2001
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 ASX media release, July 25, 2000
  8. ↑ Instagram post presenting the discovered photo of the WiggleWorld viewer, September 4, 2022
  9. ↑ Archived fansite containing the only photo that is known to exist of the WiggleWorld viewer, August 15, 2004
  10. ↑ Search results on the Netweek website containing a brief summary of WiggleWorld, May 8, 2001
  11. ↑ Frequently asked questions on the WiggleWorld website.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 The full resolution versions of these e-card images as seen above were not archived on the WiggleWorld site itself, only the smaller thumbnail versions remained intact. These full-res versions were discovered on another fansite which, strangely enough, was also for making Wiggles e-cards.
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