Curious Labs Announces 'Poser 5'; Next Release to Include Dynamic Hair, Cloth, Firefly Renderer, and Photo-Based Facial Modeling.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SIGGRAPH 2002

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2002

Curious Labs, Inc. today announced `Poser(R) 5', the eagerly anticipated new version of their award-winning 3D-character animation tool for artists and animators. Poser 5 will deliver unprecedented features combined with an ease of use that will enable artists, hobbyists and creative professionals access to technologies never before offered in one package. Poser 5 is expected to be available in late summer 2002 with a suggested retail price of US $549. Upgrades from previous versions of Poser and Poser Pro Pack will be available through a tiered price structure.

"Poser has always been an innovative tool for the creation of 3D-character content," said Steve Cooper, president of Curious Labs. "Poser's formula for success has been a simple one. Make difficult 3D-character tools easy to master, and price those tools so that any artist can afford to buy them. Poser 5 is no exception to that formula. Dynamic cloth and strand based hair, photo-based facial modeling, and our exotic new FireFly(TM) Renderer would be impossible to find in any one 3D package without the addition of plug-ins. But these are just some of the new features in Poser 5. And of course, because it's Poser, using these exciting new features will be easy and acquiring them will be affordable."

Poser 5 key new features include:

-- Firefly(TM)Renderer- hybrid Micro-polygon Subdivision Surface and Raytracer render engine that enables:

-- MorphPutty(TM) Tool

-- Collision Detection

-- Content Paradise Portal for in-Poser 5 access to online content

attributes

-- MorphPutty(TM) Tool

-- Collision Detection

-- Content Paradise Portal for in-Poser 5 access to online content

texture database

-- FacePutty(TM) for interactive sculpting, and caricature and random head generators

-- All new highly accurate 3D human figures with fully articulated hands and feet, featuring photo-realistic texture maps and facial morphs from RuntimeDNA

-- MorphPutty(TM) Tool

-- Collision Detection

-- Content Paradise Portal for in-Poser 5 access to online content

resources

Poser 5 will initially be available for Windows; details about a Macintosh version will be announced later this summer. More information on Poser 5 will be made available at: www.curiouslabs.com.

About Curious Labs, Inc.

Curious Labs, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Egisys AG, designs, develops, and publishes software tools such as Poser, which focus on 3D human and character visualization for artists, designers, and web developers. The company is located in Santa Cruz, California. For more information, go to www.curiouslabs.com.

Egisys AG

Egisys AG, designs and develops tools, technologies, databases, and solutions that utilize 3D animated models and motion data, integrate within popular applications such as Microsoft Office, and can be delivered via the Internet. The company was founded by an independent research group from the University of Tubingen, Germany. For more information, go to www.egisys.de or www.egisys.com.

Note to Editors: Poser is a registered trademark of Curious Labs, Inc. and Egisys AG. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other products, fonts, company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.