Bitstream and Intervista form strategic alliance to promote dynamic fonts in 3D Internet applications.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1997--Seybold Conference-- Bitstream, 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 :BITS) and Intervista Software, Inc. announced today a strategic relationship aimed at improving the quality of text in 3D Internet applications. Intervista has agreed to license Bitstream's TrueDoc, the award-winning font compression and portability technology, for inclusion into its future products. The agreement will have a positive impact on VRML's role as a interactive medium for both business and personal communication. In addition Bistream and Intervista have agreed to work together to promote Bitstream's portable font resource A Portable Font Resource (PFR) is an outline font standard developed by Bitstream that compactly encodes font for use in web pages through their TrueDoc system. TrueDoc was natively supported in Netscape Navigator 4, but was discontinued in Netscape Navigator 6 and Mozilla specification for standardization within the 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. Consortium. Acceptance of portable font resource technology will empower developers who want to take advantage of the dynamic interactive features of Virtual Reality Modeling Language (virtual reality, language) Virtual Reality Modeling Language - (VRML) A draft specification for the design and implementation of a platform-independent language for virtual reality scene description. VRML 1.0 was released on 1995-05-26. http://vrml.org/. Wired. (VRML). This is the first in a series of joint announcements regarding this strategic relationship. Support for Dynamic Fonts Dynamic fonts is a web browser technology used when visiting any website that uses fonts which are not installed on client's machine. The web browser would not be able to display the page properly, but will select one of fonts available on client machine. Text is as essential in 3D Internet environments as it is to 2D web pages. Today, VRML developers are limited to primitive typefaces, forcing developers to compromise functionality. Developers wrestle with textual 3D models, which create large files that take time to download and, when displayed on the user's system, still look unsophisticated. The incorporation of portable font resource technology will enable character images to appear correctly when viewed--regardless of the fonts or font technologies resident on the user's system. By bringing their technology together Bitstream and Intervista are taking the necessary steps toward enhancing information display on the Internet. "This business agreement formalizes our joint commitment to providing high quality text support for 3D computing environments where none exists today," said Tony Parisi, president and chief executive officer at Intervista Software. "We are taking the lead on this issue because this problem needs to be resolved quickly so developers can go about their business of creating innovative 3D environments." "Bitstream is delighted to enter into this agreement with Intervista Software, Inc. and lend our expertise in type technologies and multilingual fonts to 3D environments," said Jim Welch, director of emerging technologies at Bitstream Inc. "We look forward to establishing new standards for fonts in VRML as we have done for HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. ." Mark Pesce Mark Pesce, (December 8, 1962, in Everett, Massachusetts) (pronounced [ˈpɛʃi]) one of the early pioneers in Virtual Reality is a writer, researcher and teacher. , co-creator of the original VRML specification says,"...high-quality typography adds depth to the page as VRML adds depth to the web. As Intervista and Bitstream bring them together, we'll see the quality of text in cyberspace improve dramatically. This move puts Intervista far ahead of their competitors." About VRML VRML 2.0 allows communication in as many ways as possible. The specification gives developers the opportunity to transform static 2D web-sites into 3D environments complete with sound, images, video and dimension. VRML enables the capability to control the experience, interact with the content and connect to the community--VRML exposes the full potential of the Web. About Intervista Software Intervista Software, Inc., a leader in 3-D technology for the Internet and intranets, designs, develops and markets 3-D interactive software. The company is committed to designing products that make it easy to create and deliver 3-D multimedia content on networked computers. Intervista Software was the first company to create VRML-based 3-D Internet browsers for all Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. platforms and recently licensed its WorldView world·view n. In both senses also called Weltanschauung. 1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. 2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group. 2.0 software to Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, to be integrated into future versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. . Intervista has developed relationships with industry-leading companies including 3Dlabs, Diamond Multimedia, Microsoft Corporation, Macromedia, Mak Technologies, Planet 9 Studios, SOFTBANK, S3 Incorporated, UMAX, and Ziff-Davis Interactive. About Bitstream Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. USA, Bitstream is traded on the National Market System under the NASDAQ symbol "BITS." Bitstream Inc. develops and sells software solutions for the creation, enhancement, transport, viewing and printing of electronic information. Bitstream licenses type libraries and font technology to hundreds of hardware and software developers worldwide. The Company licenses its products and technologies directly and through its subsidiaries, business agents and distributors in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and the Pacific Rim. For more information on Bitstream or its products, visit the company's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.bitstream.com . -0- Intervista web site location: http://ww.intervista.com Bitstream web site location: http://bitstream.com WorldView is a trademark of Intervista Software, Inc. Bitstream is a registered trademark of Bitstream Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are for identification purposes only and are the property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Intervista Software, Inc. Barbara Tallent, (415) 543-8765, Ext. 241 Email: tallent@intervista.com or Bitstream Inc. Colleen Cronin, (617) 520-8329 Email: ccronin@bitstream.com |
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