Ken Demarest

Kenneth Llewellyn Demarest III is a computer game programmer, business person, and artist.

As a technical innovator, he helped advance the state of the art in computer games by developing the first 3D, texture mapped characters ever seen in a computer game for BioForge. As a Director of Technology at Origin Systems, Ken recognized the potential for graphic MMO's and developed the technical prototype for Ultima Online using Ultima VI as a code base.citation | date = July 2006 | periodical = [http://www.experimentalgameplay.com/blog.php?b=14 Experimental Game Play] | title = Netstorm Postmortem | year = 2006 ] . His later work would create the first attempt at a persistent-world real-time strategy game, .citation | date = July 1997 | periodical = [http://www.csoon.com/issue25/netstint.htm Coming Soon Magazine] | title = Interview with Ken Demarest | year = 1997 ] .

As an artist for Shadow Garden he wrote 'Sand'citation | date = July 2008 | periodical = [http://www.sonywondertechlab.com/general/explore_the_museum.shtml Sony Wonder Lab] | title = Explore the Museum | year = 2008 ] , the most popular and frequently sold work on the platform developed by Zack Simpson. Sand is in the permanent collections of numerous museums world wide including the Discovery Science Center and Sony Wonder Technology Lab.

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* [http://www.mine-control.com Mine-Control Home Page]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,107/ "Ken Demarest"] profile on MobyGames
* [http://www.discoverycube.org/exhibit.aspx?q=7 Sand Exhibit] at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, CA
* [http://www.sonywondertechlab.com/general/explore_the_museum.shtml Sand Exhibit] at the Sony Wonder Technology Lab in New York City