Who Wants to Win a Trip Into Space?

Do you want a ride into sub-orbital space? You’re going to have to work for it. If you haven’t heard about the Vanishing Point Game, you’ve been living under a rock. Microsoft and AMD have created a collaborative puzzle game to celebrate the consumer release of Windows Vista to the public (Vista has already been released to businesses). Talk about a lot of product buzz in a very unusual marketing scheme.

Expect competition to be fierce, however, as players attempt to decipher online puzzles and solve clues from all over the world. On a weekly basis, twelve new puzzles are posted on the site. An answer for every puzzle can only be solved using information from an online element and a real world element. Physically being present at every location is not necessary as footage of the unusual real world event is always posted. Loki, the mysterious Microsoft Puzzle Master and “host” at these events, is the character to watch out for. Earlier this week, the first real-world event took place at the fountains outside the Bellagio Hotel and Casino.

There is nearly $500,000 in prizes. The first prize gets a ride into sub-orbital space in 2008 courtesy of Rocketplane Limited Inc. – the ticket is estimated to be at a value of $250,000. The Rocketplane XP Vehicle, powered by both turbojet engines and a rocket engine, is a four-seat fighter-sized vehicle fitted with a delta wing and a V-tail. The vehicle is able to reach speeds just over 2,386 miles per hour, and reach altitudes in excess of 330,000 feet, or 100 kilometres. If you win first prize, tell me how it feels to be weightless for three to four minutes.

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News source: Microsoft Watch

Vanishing point game

The Microsoft Vanishing point game has been started with lots of prizes but the condition is that it is available only in few countries which is not justified,but the good news for the people living in those countries is that it contains lots of good prizes.Here is the list

Grand Prize
The Rocketplane® XP Vehicle is a four-seat fighter-sized vehicle fitted with a delta wing and a V-tail which provide good flight characteristics both subsonically and supersonically. The vehicle is powered by both turbojet engines and a rocket engine, enabling it to accelerate to speeds just over 3,500 feet per second (2,386 miles per hour) and reach altitudes in excess of 330,000 feet (100 kilometers) providing the sensation of weightlessness for three to four minutes!

This prize package also includes a Windows Vista based AMD powered Dell desktop pc, 24" widescreen monitor, Zune™ digital media player, an Xbox® 360 gaming console, three Games for Windows game titiles, a Microsoft® LifeCam VX-6000, Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, and $50,000 cash to help defray the cost of taxes.

More Prizes
• 15 loaded AMD based computers with Windows Vista Ultimate, devices and games:
- Windows Vista based AMD powered Dell Inspirion 1501 laptops, a Zune, Xbox 360,
3 Games for Windows game titles, a Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000, and Microsoft
Office Ultimate 2007.
- Windows Vista based AMD powered media computers, a 24" widescreen monitor, a
digital media player, Xbox 360, 3 Games for Windows game titles, a Microsoft
LifeCam VX-6000, and Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007.
- Windows Vista based AMD powered gaming computers, a 30” widescreen monitor,
a Zune, 3 Games for Windows game titles, a Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000, and
Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007.
• Devices (75): a Windows Vista Ultimate, and one of the following: an Xbox 360,
Zune, or iRiver Clix.
• Software (150): Windows Vista Ultimate, or Office Ultimate 2007.
• Games (250): three Games for Windows game titles

The vanishing point game is only available in the following countries,so you should be the citizen of the country to register-
Valid in Australia, Canada (except the Province of Quebec), Germany, Singapore, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain and the United States and District of Columbia. Void in the Province of Quebec and where prohibited by law.

You can register at-http://vanishingpointgame.com