3D Customization Hits The Motorcycle Industry: Virtual Cycles Website Launched.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2001 With the motorcycle motorcycle, motor vehicle whose design is based on the bicycle. The German inventor Gottlieb Daimler is generally credited with building the first practical motorcycle in 1885. The motorcycle did not become dependable and popular, however, until after 1900. customizing industry continuing to grow, a new company, Virtual Cycles, Inc., has developed technology that will allow the customization process to take place in a three-dimensional three-di·men·sion·al adj. 1. Of, relating to, having, or existing in three dimensions. 2. Having or appearing to have extension in depth. 3. environment. Motorcycle enthusiasts now have Internet access See how to access the Internet. to Virtual Cycles' proprietary technology that takes images of motorcycles and parts and allows customers to manipulate manipulate To cause a security to sell at an artificial price. Although investment bankers are permitted to manipulate temporarily the stock they underwrite, most other forms of manipulation are illegal. them in a 3D environment. In these 3D scenes, users can click on parts or paint colors and watch the motorcycle transform before their eyes. The prototype of the 3D technology can be seen at Virtual Cycles' website, virtualcycles.com. Virtual Cycles' President, Michael Day, explains that "the company seeks to provide motorcycle customers with a method for seeing their purchase selections in a realistic and functional environment." He goes on to stress that "a motorcycle is a reflection of its owner and that the 3D technology opens doors for both creativity and imagination." Virtual Cycles now plans on licensing its technology to motorcycle dealerships and manufacturers, setting up either kiosks at specific locations or web-based applications See Web application. used for the dynamic marketing and selling of parts. To supplement its business-to-business operations, the company will offer a full version to individual bikers sometime this summer. Included with the 3D, bikers may use a variety of free services (O.Eng. Law) such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. See also: Free such as classifieds, discussion forums, and news. Site visitors may also search for dealers, parts, and information using search engines that are specific to the industry. A company formed by bikers, Virtual Cycles demonstrates that the industry is not immune to technological enhancements and that it can certainly leave its indelible mark. |
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