Vanishing Point Winner to Space Travel in RocketPlane

February 13th, 2007 | Filed under Events, Microsoft.

Vanishing Point Game is over and the winner has been announced. Vanishing Point was Microsoft’s viral marketing campaign to hype the recent consumer release of the Windows Vista operating system.

Solving a series of online puzzles, on January 27, 2007, Microsoft and AMD conducted a fireworks finale on Seattle’s Lake Union, drawing hundreds of people to learn more about the identity of the mysterious Microsoft Puzzle Master.

Microsoft announced that William Temple of Sacramento, California has been declared as winner of “Vanishing Point” and gets a chance to visit space. Temple will visit space in the Rocketplane XP, a four-seat, fighter-sized vehicle.

The prizes do not end there. The grand prize package includes a Windows Vista-based, AMD-powered Dell desktop PC; a 24-inch widescreen monitor; a Zune digital media player; an Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system; three Games for Windows game titles; a Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 webcam; Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007; and $50,000 cash.

The team at Windows, AMD and Rocketplane are hosting a conference call and webcast at 2:30PM CST today to answer your questions

Missed the Vanishing Point game? You can still experience suborbital space travel. Sign up for a flight aboard Rocketplane’s XP launch vehicle and secure your place on the Founder’s Flight Team for $250,000!