AMD Will Feature Altervue Systems' i3D Charting Software at F.O.S.E.CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1999-- AlterVue Systems Is A Member of AMD's Third Party Marketing Program The Company's VRCharts Will Be Used to Showcase AMD's High-End Graphics Capability AlterVue Systems, Inc. today announces its participation in Advanced Micro Devices' (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. ) Third Party Marketing program. AlterVue's suite of interactive 3-D (i3D) charting and presentation products will be featured by AMD in booth No. 628 at F.O.S.E., the nation's largest Information Technology exposition for government purchasing agencies. AlterVue's products will be used to demonstrate AMD's high-end graphics capability. AlterVue's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , VRCharts(TM), is the first practical 3-D charting and graphing application that is intended for widespread business use. Developed to deliver spreadsheet information in a quick, interesting, and understandable way, VRCharts enlivens numerical data Numerical data (or quantitative data) is data measured or identified on a numerical scale. Numerical data can be analysed using statistical methods, and results can be displayed using tables, charts, histograms and graphs. . With VRCharts, numbers are not flat images on a screen, but rather interactive 3-D worlds, which can be spun, zoomed, and circumnavigated. AlterVue recently announced the release of two new members of its family of charting software. VRPresenter and VRPlayer provide seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of VRCharts-created graphs, as well as any VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) A 3D graphics language used on the Web. After downloading a VRML page, its contents can be viewed, rotated and manipulated. Simulated rooms can be "walked into." The VRML viewer is launched from within the Web browser. files, into a PowerPoint presentation. VRML is the standard language for creating 3-D worlds, which can be viewed as stand-alone or over the Web with a browser with a VRML plug-in. As part of the AMD Marketing Program, these AlterVue Systems products will be featured on the AMD Web site, used in AMD booth demonstrations at trade shows, and potentially bundled with computer equipment using AMD processors. Nick Nickerson, AlterVue's President, explains, "It seems only natural for us to partner with a cutting-edge hardware company. With more powerful processors entering the marketplace, higher quality 3-D graphics are no longer just eye-candy, but a competitive edge." ABOUT ALTERVUE SYSTEMS, INC. Founded in 1997, AlterVue Systems is a Chapel Hill, NC-based company that markets and sells interactive 3-D visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all software for business. http://www.vrcharts.com |
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