Books That Work Announces New Internet-Enhanced Home Design Product: Visual Home; Company Partners with Major Manufacturers to Deliver 3D Models on the Internet.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 1996--Books That Work, the leading publisher of home and garden software, today announced Visual Home, the first Internet-enhanced 3D home and interior design CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). for consumers. With Visual Home you can experiment with your remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling and redecorating ideas, create your own floorplan, and visualize your dream home. Visual Home provides the largest -- and only expandable -- collection of 3D models, and floor, wall, and fabric coverings of any product in its class. The CD contains more than 2,000 3D models of furnishings and appliances and 1,000 material textures. Plus, the new Visual Home Web site (http://visualhome.com) offers free model and material collections from leading home furnishing manufacturers. Visual Home users can download these models and materials onto their own PCs. Visual Home makes it possible to see how a new appliance, or cabinet will fit into your existing home before it arrives on the delivery truck. A Fast, New Approach Visual Home features a revolutionary new way to input designs into a computer. QuickDesign Wizard makes it possible to create a room layout in just four simple steps. This feature takes you through the process of determining your rooms, arranging a floorplan, and adding doors and windows Doors and Windows is a multimedia disk by the Irish band The Cranberries. Track listing
The Only Internet-Enhanced Home Design Software Visual Home is the only home design product that integrates on-line product information from the Internet with a software design tool at the desktop. Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , Visual Home users can download additional new 3D models, materials, sample files, and background scenes directly off the Net. "We're partnering with leading home product manufacturers such as General Electric Appliances, Delta Faucet, and Merillat Cabinets to develop 3D model collections of their products," said Dan Levin, co-founder and President of Books That Work. "As these manufacturers release new products, you'll be able to update Visual Home with their latest models." To download new models off the Internet, you simply click on a button which launches Netscape Navigator software (bundled free with Visual Home) and brings up Books That Work's dedicated Web site at http://visualhome.com. "We see this as a great opportunity for consumers to try out our products within the virtual world of their present or future home," said Stuart Scott Stuart O. Scott (born July 19, 1965) is an American sportscaster for ESPN, most visibly as an anchor on SportsCenter. Scott was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Richard J. , Director of Marketing Information Technology at General Electric Appliances. A second Internet-related feature addresses the hundreds of home product manufacturers and service providers who do maintain corporate Web sites. Concise descriptions and hot links are provided to these sites from virtually every 3D model within Visual Home. With a mouse-click, Visual Home becomes your specialized browser to home remodeling information, worldwide. Realistic 3D Views Utilizing full-color 3D rendering, combined with the 2,000 3D models and 1,000 materials that are included with the product, Visual Home provides an easy way to transform a picture in your mind to an on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. design. System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. Visual Home requires a 486DX/66 or higher IBM PC A PC made by IBM. IBM created the PC industry in 1981 when it introduced its first model with 16KB of RAM. However, it was way off in its estimates, projecting that 250,000 units would be sold in the first five years. In fact, about three million IBM PCs were sold in that period. or 100% compatible, Windows 95 with 8 MB RAM or Windows 3.1 with 16 MB RAM, 3 MB free hard disk space, and a VGA monitor An analog display screen that accepts VGA signals from the computer. See VGA and display adapter. capable of displaying 256 color or more, and a CD-ROM drive A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. CD-ROM drives generally also play audio CD discs by sending analog sound to the sound card via a 4-pin cable. For specifications of 10x, 20x, etc. drives, see CD-ROM drives. See CD-ROM, CD-ROM changer, CD-ROM server and CD-ROM audio cable. . A 14.4k bps modem for optional Internet connection and a sound card are recommended. Books That Work, based in Palo Alto, Calif., is the leading developer of 3D design and visualization software for the home and garden. Books That Work award-winning library of products include 3D Landscape, 3D Kitchen, 3D Deck, Home Improvement Encyclopedia, and Garden Encyclopedia. To order products, phone 800/242-4546 or 415/326-4280. For more information, contact Books That Work, 2595 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303. Main: 415/326-4280. Visit the Books That Work Web site at http://www.btw.com. Books That Work also publishes home and garden content on the Internet at http://homecentral.com and http://gardening.com. CONTACT: Books That Work Laura Grams, 415/843-4441 grams@btw.com |
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