Star Trek: The Ad: "Star Trek: The Experience™" is a 65,000-square-foot attraction at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel. The completely interactive entertainment concept is based on the voyages of the most enduring and extraordinary television series of all time -- "Star Trek®". There's only one problem: It ain't open yet.

No matter. You can still visit "Star Trek: The Ad" <www.startrekexp.com>. The Web site has news, tour information and even a so-called "virtual tour," which gives a sneak preview (mostly descriptions and drawings) of the $70 million attraction.

Once the experience opens later this fall or winter, visitors will be transported to the 24th century and immersed in a futuristic adventure that starts with a museum-like exhibit featuring authentic "Star Trek" stuff from the four TV series and eight movies. Next they get beamed aboard the Starship Enterprise for a deep space adventure that includes an exciting shuttlecraft voyage through space and time. Afterwards, awestruck visitors can hang at the Deep Space Nine™ Promenade and enjoy the galaxy's finest dining, entertainment and shopping for officially licensed and custom Star Dreck.

"Star Trek: The Experience" won't have gambling. However, a 22,000-square-foot space-themed casino will serve as the gateway to the attraction. You can't purchase tickets by phone, mail or Web site, but must get them in person at the Las Vegas Hilton. With 3,174 rooms and suites, the Las Vegas Hilton <www.lv-hilton.com> is one of Las Vegas' most luxurious and exciting casino-resorts.

Spooktacular Video: Hey kids, join Casper the friendly ghost as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment launches an out-of-this-world "Casper Web site" <www.caspervideo.com> to support the studio's first made-for-video release, "Casper, A Spirited Beginning."

Scroll along the halls of Applegate Manor to access hauntingly fun activities including an interactive concentration game; a timeline to learn about the history of Casper; and behind-the-scenes production information with cool ghostly images. However, the site uses Java and other plug-ins, which means it is slow to load, tends to crash your computer, and unless you have the right plug-ins you can't fully enjoy all the bells and whistles.

The made-for-video prequel answers the question: How did Casper become the friendly ghost? The video, which debuted Sept. 9 for $19.98, is an all-new adventure starring the same characters as the 1995 dud, "Casper." Joining the spooktacular fun are two new ghostly characters, Snivel and Kibosh, voiced by Pauly Shore and James Earl Jones. The "fleshie" cast features Steve Guttenberg, Lori Loughlin, Rodney Dangerfield, Michael McKean, Brian Doyle-Murry and newcomer Brendon Ryan Barrett.

Inexplicably, the Web site won't sell you the video, and doesn't say where else you might buy it. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment <www.foxhome.com> is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all FoxVideo and Fox Interactive products.

Rolling Stones Cyberconcerts: The Cal Ripkens of Rock, The Rolling Stones, are touring again. They are also letting netizens help determine their play list. At the official "Rolling Stones Web site" <www.the-rolling-stones.com>, you can cast your cyber vote for which song you would like the band to play at its next concert, and then hear it cybercast. Visitors to the Web site can pick from a list of 20 Rolling Stones tunes not on their set list. At each concert, the band plays that day's "people's choice," which is also cybercast live, starting at 7 p.m. Some of the choices are obscure tunes the band hasn't played (or rehearsed) in years.

"We've always been fascinated by the interaction the Internet makes possible between artists and fans," Mick Jagger said in a press release. "So this is an experiment, really, to see if there is a really inventive way that we can make the Internet become a part of our show, and make our show a part of the Internet."

If the experiment works, the band will add the Web component to every stop on the tour, including a Nov. 9 concert with the WallFlowers at Dodger Stadium. But there's already been incidents of cyber ballot stuffing in Chicago.

Vampires and Violins: Just in time for Halloween, "Leila Josefowicz -- Violin for Anne Rice" is the featured recording this month at "Classical Insites" <www.classicalinsites.com>, a Web site for classical music lovers. The CD was conceived when Josefowicz, a violin virtuoso, learned that her recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto was a major inspiration to "Interview with the Vampire" author Anne Rice, when Rice wrote her latest novel, "Violin."

Spanning 19th-century Vienna to present-day New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro, "Violin" is the story of two charismatic figures bound together by their obsession with music, yet locked in a supernatural battle. The CD features Rice's favorite selections from Josefowicz's recordings.

The Web site has a three-minute video clip of Josefowicz and Rice, and background on how the CD came together. Two complete tracks can be heard in streaming audio, including a new arrangement of Sting's "Moon Over Bourbon Street," which was inspired by Rice's "Interview with the Vampire," and 30-second sound samples from the rest of the recording. Not coincidentally, the book and CD were both released this week.