Curious Labs Announces Agreement With Adobe; The Two Companies Agree to Share 3D Technology and Jointly Market Avatar Tools and Online World Content.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, www.siggraph.org) The arm of the ACM that specializes in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Providing publications, workshops and conferences, it has served technicians and researchers as well as the artist and business community LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2001 Curious Labs This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Inc., developers of the award-winning 3D character and design tools, Poser(R) and Poser Pro Pack, announced today the signing of an agreement with Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Incorporated, the leader in network publishing. The two companies have agreed to work together on technology, content and marketing activities for Adobe(R) Atmosphere(TM) software and Curious Labs' avatar-creation tools. Now Atmosphere world builders World Builder is an authoring system for point-and-click adventure games, probably the first of its kind. It was released in 1986 by Silicon Beach Software and had already been used for creating Enchanted Scepters in 1984. On August 7, 1995 developer William C. will have an easy system for building custom avatars, as well as exposing the large community of Poser users to immersive 3D worlds. Additionally, both Adobe and Curious Labs incorporate Viewpoint technology, resulting in smooth skinned, bending 3D characters from Poser Pro Pack that can be used as avatars in Atmosphere 3D worlds. "This alliance with Curious Labs builds a strategic link with the developers of a great complementary product set and technology that enhances the Atmosphere experience with animated, smooth skin 3D avatars," said Addy Roff, senior product marketing manager at Adobe. "They bring a diverse community of Poser Pro Pack users to the mix that ultimately has the ability to build an enormous collection of 3D avatars and content for Atmosphere worlds." Curious Labs has developed and published an Adobe Atmosphere Adobe Atmosphere (abbreviated Atmo) is a 3D computer graphics creation product originally developed by Attitude Software. In November 1999, Adobe Systems purchased the technology. Adobe released its last version of Atmosphere, version 1. 3D world (http://www.adobe.com/products/atmosphere/sampleworlds.html). Curious Labs has also provided avatars for Adobe Atmosphere. Curious Labs will continue developing additional Atmosphere worlds and avatars to populate To plug in chips or components into a printed circuit board. A fully populated board is one that contains all the devices it can hold. them, in demonstration of the possibilities opened up in using the Curious Labs and Adobe tools together. Curious Labs and Adobe will participate jointly in a variety of tradeshows and events throughout the coming year -- beginning with Siggraph, 2001 -- to demonstrate and promote the powerful alliance between Adobe's Atmosphere authoring tools and Curious Labs' avatar-creation tools. Additionally, both companies will be engaged in public training on avatar creation and the processes involved with creating Atmosphere worlds and the avatars. "The Adobe and Curious Labs alliance is based on solid technology and a mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" , yet totally unique, set of features," said Steve Cooper co-founder and president of Curious Labs. "As Adobe Atmosphere becomes the standard for web-world creation, Curious Labs' Poser and Poser Pro Pack continue on as the most affordable 3D character creation tools." Visit Curious Labs (booth 713) and Adobe (booth 1637) at Siggraph this year for more details on this alliance. About Curious Labs, Inc. Curious Labs, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of EGISYS AG, designs, develops, and publishes software tools such as Poser(R), which focus on 3D human and character visualization for artists, designers, and Web developers. The company is located in Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. , Calif. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.curiouslabs.com. About 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 Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. , and can be delivered via the Internet. The company was founded by an independent research group from the University of Tuebingen, 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. All other products, fonts, company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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