ABC-Television Network Premieres Reality Tracking Virtual Set; ELECTROGIG & A.F. Associates Combine Talents for Innovative Project.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1995--A major breakthrough in virtual set technology debuted nationwide on the ABC Special, "Common Sense with John Stossel." On June 28, 1995, ABC became the first American network to televise a program with a set that was completely computer generated using Reality Tracking(R) by ELECTROGIG, an international developer of digital media technology.

With A.F. Associates (AFA), the nation's leading systems integrator, providing technical assistance, ELECTROGIG's team used Reality Tracking to produce a computer-generated real-time three-dimensional set, creating the appearance that on-air talent was performing on an actual set, while in fact, the background was nothing more than a vast blue screen.

By working closely with ELECTROGIG and AFA to develop the project, the ABC Broadcast Operations & Engineering Department has launched the latest revolution in American television technology.

"The use of the virtual set represents a milestone for network television," said Preston Davis, president of ABC Broadcast Operations & Engineering. "Traditional sets will always exist, but virtual sets -- with their unlimited creative effects potential -- will revolutionize the film and broadcast industries."

"Many of the cost and creative restrictions and limitations previously imposed by hard sets are eliminated by using virtual sets," said Leen Zevenbergen, president and chief executive officer of ELECTROGIG. "The flexibility and image creation possibilities of virtual sets take us into a new chapter of television production that will raise the bar considerably on the creativity and quality of programming offered to millions of television viewers."

The ABC/ELECTROGIG/AFA collaboration is a stunning demonstration of the next generation of digital production tools and illustrates the value that high-end 3D graphics brings to the broadcast industry.

Reality Tracking -- with a fully integrated, rack-mounted turn-key system using a multi-processor Silicon Graphics Inc. Onyx, and the industry's foremost lighting software, "Lightscape Visualization System," from Lightscape Technologies of San Jose, CA -- provides broadcasters with a flexible, integrated set of tools that allow creative freedom and realizes savings in physical space, construction and storage costs. These features, together with ELECTROGIG's total solution, Reality Tracking, made the virtual set the hit of this year's National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas.

"The ABC project is an excellent example of the successes achieved from the combined resources of ELECTROGIG and AFA," said Chris Bishop, Director of AFA's Digital Media Group. "AFA's extensive experience, knowledge, and ability to provide customized solutions has proved to be a perfect complement to ELECTROGIG's innovative solutions."

ELECTROGIG develops, markets and supports the GIG family of software products and services for design professionals in the broadcast, film and video, CAD and publishing industries. ELECTROGIG provides its users comprehensive training and support services including access to online support via the World Wide Web. GIG tools are currently used by visual-communication and image-production experts in over 800 institutions and corporations and 40 countries worldwide. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with offices in Amsterdam, Holland, and Hong Kong and employs 80 people worldwide.

A.F. Associates Inc., a Video Services Corporation (VSC) company, is an industry leader in the design, engineering, and fabrication of television facilities. VSC provides a full range of services and products to the video industry from headquarters in Northvale, NJ. -0-

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