2001 Winner:      Best Children's Site      Best Use of Technology

-- 2001 MIMC Awards, Massachusetts Interactive Media Council

"OttoAndIris.com is a truly new and exciting form of interactive entertainment. Not only does it incorporate advanced artificial intelligence techniques to create richer characters, but it delivers positive, non-violent play activities that I am pleased to be able to offer my children."

-- Pattie Maes, Associate Professor, MIT Media Laboratory

"Go into the Zoesis Studios'  Web Site and you'll find characters you can believe in, that will entertain you - and that you can entertain too! It's absolutely extraordinary. The interactivity and response mechanisms that are in place with these characters have never been seen before."

-- David How, Professor of Classical Animation, Sheridan College, Toronto

Praise from our Fans

"The Otto and Iris site has blown me away! The usability and navigation is simple and the animation and attention to detail are astonishing. This site proves that you can create fully engaging, immersive interactive worlds on the web."

"The characters are terrific. Very strongly individualized and having a lot of personality!"

"I am attending the US Naval Academy and discovered your site from an article in the New York Times. It is a great stress breaker and my roommates are die-hard Otto fans. We all love it. We now have a following of about a dozen people here at Annapolis."

"My 6 year-old became so enamored with your characters that she made them out of baker's clay. Iris's eye is red because her stripes are going the wrong way."