This August, Singapore will be playing host to the first Youth Olympic Games. Athletes aged between 14 and 18 will compete in 26 sports.
To raise awareness of Olympic values and the Youth Olympic Games, an online virtual world (Singapore 2010 Odyssey) has been created where children can play games, interact with characters and learn some good old-fashioned sports-person-like values. They’ll also have an online inter-school competition to test the speed of your mouse-clicks against international rivals. The virtual world is free to download.
Here’s what their website had to say:
Singapore 2010 Odyssey is a 3D virtual world developed based on the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games. Singapore 2010 Odyssey offers youth a way to participate in quests and games styled on a futuristic theme. Travelling through space and time, youths from across the world can interact with one another while discovering the spirit of the first Youth Olympic Games.
