Black Sun Interactive Changes Name and Announces Third Product Generation; blaxxun interactive Presents New Community Platform.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 1997--Today blaxxun interactive -- formerly known as "Black Sun Interactive" -- releases the third generation of its products. The new Community Platform is a modular client-server system Client-server system A computing system that is composed of two logical parts: a server, which provides services, and a client, which requests them. The two parts can run on separate machines on a network, allowing users to access powerful server resources which provides the full range of core functions for operating and visiting communities in the WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. . The broad range of possibilities offered by this technology is demonstrated with various 3D environments which can be visited on the Web. The corporate focus in commercial applications was the reason for changing the name into "blaxxun interactive." "One of the key objectives of our direction is to show how customers can take commercial benefit from deploying our technology," said Franz Buchenberger, president and 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 blaxxun. The company releases the third generation of its technology called Community Platform, comprising Community Server, Community Clients and Community Developer -- which offers the core functions for turning standard 2D websites into virtual, interactive 3D environments. The previous generation is already used by many leading companies, including Intel, Bacardi, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Sportsline, Softbank, BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. and Lycos. With the new product generation, blaxxun can serve the needs of an even larger variety of applications. The blaxxun Community Server is composed of individual services which the operator of a virtual world can offer in addition to the web server. These community services have a supplementary character and are available on all current server environments. They also include interfaces to various database products and other server systems, e.g., for advertising management or electronic commerce. The blaxxun Community provide community access for all major hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. . Owners of older systems can get basic level access whereas newer computers provide highly attractive 3D support. All clients have access to the same virtual environments and are differentiated only by the functions available and the mode of representation. Community Clients support all major Internet browsers. There are four new blaxxun Community Clients. The most advanced is blaxxun CCpro, which offers a wide variety of community features, supports several 3D engines, and leverages the full potential of the blaxxun Community Server. The state-of-the-art 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. 2.0 browser blaxxun CC3D supports also a wide variety of platforms. Completely implemented in Java is blaxxun CCstandard. CClite is based on standard 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. technology only. The blaxxun Community Server consists currently of six modules. The core service is CSusers, which manages all aspects related to users and places. CSchat handles all chat-related aspects, CSbots are preprogrammed community participants, who can perform a variety of roles and CS3D CS3D Clear Screen 3D (Hyper Logo Graphics command) takes care for all basic aspects of 3D communities. CSobjects manages the distribution of object animations and ensures that all changes are permanent. CSproxy help users behind firewalls to access the Community Services. There is also a developer license for the blaxxun Community Server which permits expansion, integration and adaptation of the application. blaxxun Community Developer is a set of interfaces that permit extension, integration and customizing of the system. About blaxxun interactive blaxxun interactive, based in Munich and 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 , is the leading provider of open standards-based products for building online communities and collaborative environments. Founded in 1995, blaxxun delivers an extensible and scaleable platform for running online communities. The blaxxun Community Server and Clients transform Web sites into 2D and 3D communities where people can meet and interact in real-time. CONTACT: blaxxun interactive Christiane von Stein, 01149-89 544 628-0 christiane@blaxxun.de http://www.blaxxun.com |
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