'Good Morning America' Features LifeFX Software in Special Segment on Artificial Intelligence.Business/Technology Editors NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2001 GMA GMA glycol methacrylate. uses LifeFX Stand-In(TM) Software to Create digital double of ABC News
ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin. Science Editor, Michael Guillen. LifeFX Stand-In(TM) Software To Be Used To Demonstrate State-Of-The-Art Believability Of Its Commercially Available, Life-Like Virtual Faces LifeFX, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : LEFX), the leading developer of Stand-In(TM) virtual people for the Internet, announced today that its software will be featured by ABC News Science Editor, Michael Guillen, in a segment to air on "Good Morning America Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. The show was adapted from The Morning Exchange, a morning show created by and airing on the ABC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, and was launched nationally as ," Friday, June 29th. LifeFX Stand-In(TM) software created Guillen's "virtual twin" to help "Good Morning America" illustrate how far this technology has advanced. In reference to LifeFX - "computer art has gotten so masterful, it can almost fool you into thinking this is the real Michael Guillen," said Michael Guillen, Science Editor, ABC News. The virtual representation of Michael Guillen is processed from simple still photographs using the exclusive LifeFX biologically based facial modeling system. The same LifeFX Stand-In software is currently being licensed to create virtual representatives for companies like Kodak, Motorola and Sprint. About LifeFX Lifef/x, Inc., a Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SFE See Sydney Futures Exchange. ) partner company, is creating the face of the Internet by developing photo-realistic, digital human faces, or LifeFX Stand- In (TM) virtual people, that can interact in real time. LifeFX Stand-In (TM) virtual people will be used by Web businesses as life-like customer-service and sales representatives, guides, teachers and entertainers, while consumer applications will include e-mail, instant messaging and chat rooms. The LifeFX technology was originally developed for professional medical applications by the University of Auckland Not to be confused with Auckland University of Technology. The University of Auckland (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau) is New Zealand's largest university. , with which LifeFX has an exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, paid up license. LifeFX holds three patents and has five pending. For more information about LifeFX, visit http://www.lifefx.com or call 617 964-4200. For application ideas and demos, visit http://www.facemail.com Statements made in this news release, other than those concerning historical information, should be considered forward-looking and subject to various risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management's belief as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. LifeFX Inc.'s future results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements because of a variety of factors, including the ability of the company to implement its business strategy; the ability of the company to achieve the intended benefits of this strategy; the ability of the company to complete development of its technology; the ability of the company to achieve success in forging strategic relationships; adoption of the technology by major consumer and commercial Web sites; the ability of the company to commercialize the technology before competitors; the ability of the company to retain key employees; and those factors identified in Lifef/x, Inc.'s annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. and subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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