A World of My Own Hears Voices (in 3D).SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Game Developers Conference 2007 -- DiamondWare and Trianit announce today that users of "A World of My Own A World of My Own (abbreviated as AWOMO) is an Internet based, 3D virtual world, in development by Virgin Group. Worlds
"In a social network, like A World of My Own, 3D positional voice reinforces friendships made in-world because the voices move with the players," said Guido Luttgens, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Trianit, the developer of A World of My Own. "3D voice is a killer feature which we think will make our 3D graphical platform more unique, and further drive usage." "An immersive digital environment An immersive digital environment is an artificial, interactive, computer-created scene or "world" within which a user can immerse themselves. Immersive Digital Environments could be thought of as synonymous with Virtual Reality, but without the implication that actual has to let anyone walk up to other people and interact. For voice to feel real, it needs to work the same way. These are new problems, requiring a new kind of technology. And that's what we've built," stated Keith Weiner, CEO of DiamondWare. "For a user to make sense of the large number of conversations occurring in any online world, three capabilities are needed. First, each voice's 3D position helps the listener's brain tune in or out by its direction, like at a crowded party. Second, voices get quiet as people move apart, so there are not too many conversations at once. Third, high-definition (32 kHz) gives the kind of sound quality found in digital home theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. , as compared to the telephone." About DiamondWare DiamondWare provides best-of-breed real time voice technology with ground-breaking 3D positioning and high-definition quality. Applications include games, simulators, conferencing, VoIP, and radio over IP. Customers include DARPA DARPA: see Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) The name given to the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency during the 1980s. It was later renamed back to ARPA. , the US Special Forces, Navy, Air Force, as well as game developers, carriers, and equipment manufacturers. DiamondWare has received acclaim and recognition from numerous organizations, including TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center Labs Innovation Award, Best of Show at Internet Telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. , Product of the Year from Communications Convergence magazine, and has been listed in the Pulver 100 list since 2004. The company has a number of patents pending. Founded in 1994, DiamondWare has headquarters in Mesa, Arizona. More information is available at http://www.dw.com. About Trianit TRIANIT is specialized in developing applications and software technologies in the area of gaming and market communication. Founded in 2003 in Germany, TRIANIT is now headquartered in Luxemburg, Luxemburg. More information available at http://www.TRIANIT.com. About A World of My Own The AWOMO games platform represents a major breakthrough for the online games industry. For the first time games can be delivered online via a proprietary streaming technology without the need to first download large files. More information available at http://www.gdi-ms.com. |
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