What's going on in Sim Lim Square and Funan recently?

If anyone has been to either Sim Lim Square or Funan the IT mall recently, we believe you wouldn't have missed the generous amount of NVIDIA Decorative adornments plastered throughout the retail stores. As a joint collaboration between VR-Zone and NVIDIA, shops began to "paint" both Sim Lim Square and Funan in NVIDIA green a few weeks ago. Why so?? Well for the shop deco competition of course!?

The gist of this competition is simple: The best-dressed store in terms of aesthetics and creativity wins the contest!

We are appealing to all you readers from anywhere in the globe, within Singapore or outside, to cast votes and decide which Store deserves to be crowned. Of course, at the end of this 14 day voting period we will reward you with fabulous prizes. Viewers who vote for their favorite store stand to win a new top of the line Inno3D Geforce 7800 GTX! We have 3 prizes for 3 lucky voters, with the 2nd prize being an Inno3D Geforce 7800 GT, and the 3rd being an Inno3D Geforce 6800 GT. You as a VR-Zone reader would need no introduction to these high end prizes I believe...

To learn more about voting, view our list of 20 finalists, and check out attractive NVIDIA graphics cards promotions, readers can visit our Microsite at http://nvshopdeco.vr-zone.com. Better yet, pay a visit down to SLS or Funan and see the decorations for yourself!

To let you have a better idea on the extravagant extent some of these retailers have gone, here's a sneak preview on what to expect:

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An entry from Media Mart, located at level 6 of Sim Lim Square. Did we just step into Nvidia's reception??

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The good folks at Bizgram, located at level 5 of Sim Lim Square, has put up "Nvidia" with the promotional boxes.

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This is the masterpiece from folks over at DIX, also on level 5 of Sim Lim Square. They made not only 1, but 2 of these robots for display!

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"Geforce" is one of Nvidia's trademark product name, and our friends over at Astel (level 4, Sim Lim Square)puts it up high in their store.

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We can see for ourselves, the good folks at DAT Computers is pimping Nvidia's flagship card, the 7800 GTX.

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Make Fine is one of the shops there which plastered their whole store with Nvidia promotional boxes. Looks pretty impressive doesn't it?

The Nov 05 Update: Girls look great in green!

On the 5th of November, four Nvidia showgirls were spotted around the shops that made it into the finals.

The power of four.... i mean, three

Which Mad Mod Mike should we vote for?

Beauty and the beast

Please vote for me!

Mad Mod Mike may get more than what he bargained for!

Remember, please cast your deciding vote over at http://nvshopdeco.vr-zone.com! Voting Closes on November 14!

The Nov 12th Update: Mad Mod Mike blasts his way to SLS!!!

Being the official mascot for NVIDIA's Geforce 7 family of products, we got Mad Mod Mike to embrace this mega scale, decoration event. Together with a 4 show girls, the group don Sim Lim Square to promote awareness, and garner votes. Of course, here are some field pictures of this event:

The sweet ladies, together with Mad Mod Mike and the staff of Media Mart.

They've paraded over to DAT Computers. To welcome Mad Mod Mike, the nice staffs of DAT had just updated their design. Notice that new arc the girls are in?

Mad Mod Mike, with his famous thumbs up!

One of our forum member, candidly posing for a shot with Mad Mod Mike!

Alright everyone, you can get more field pictures of the girls at our Tech Babes section of the Forums. More misc pictures will be posted in various forum sections too. Keep a lookout. In the meantime, if you've not voted (or some how not sure of what this event is about), please remember to do so @ http://nvshopdeco.vr-zone.com ! Thanks!

And the winners are....

The winner for the NVIDIA Shop Decor Competition.... Media Mart, located at #06-68 of Sim Lim Square!! They win the top prize of $ 3000 cash!! Round of applause for the creative minds behind the decor!!

Coming in the first runner-up, we have DAT, a very popular retailer among the VR-Zone Members, located at #05-58 of Sim Lim Square. They win $ 2000 cash prize for their hard work!!

Bizgram located at #05-50 of Sim Lim Square takes the third place, winning for themselves $ 1000 cash prize!!

 

Congratualations to all winners!! The Prize-giving ceremony will be held on the 26th of November 2005 from 1pm to 4pm at the respective shops in Sim Lim Square. Be there to witness this joyous occasion, and catch Mad Mod Mike and the pretty NVIDIA girls in action.

For the readers who have voted, the winners will be picked on the 23rd of November. They will receive their prizes on the 26th during the prize-giving ceremony. For more details, please refer to this.

Prize Ceremony!

The NVIDIA Shop Decor Contest 2005 wrapped up very nicely on the afternoon of the 26th of November. All winners were awarded their prizes on that faithful day!

We've had our guest of honor from NVIDIA, Mr Jason down to present the prizes:

 

 

The Top prize winner, Media Mart being awarded the $ 3000 Cash prize!

 

And the lucky winner who voted for Media Mart, VR-Zone Member rithina, together with his prize of Inno3D 7800GTX:

First Runner-up

Winner of the first runner-up, DAT, being presented $ 2000 cash prize:

 

And the lucky winner of an Inno3D 7800GT, VR-Zone Member twists:

Second Runner-up

The second runner-up Bizgram was presented $ 1000 for their brilliant effort in the Shop Decor Contest:

 

VR-Zone Member satayxp beams with delight at his new Inno3D 6800 GT prize for voting for Bizgram!

 

Congratualations to all winners!! Amazing work ladies and gentlemen!

And finally a picture of the crew that made this a success: