David Bowie's Live Webcast Powered by Intergraph Computer Systems' TDZ 2000 ViZual Workstations.HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 1999-- TDZ TDZ The Dead Zone (movie) TDZ Touchdown Zone TDZ Temperature Danger Zone (food safety) TDZ Tvornica Duhana Zagreb (Croatian tobacco factory) TDZ thiazolidinediones 2000 ViZual Workstations and FullView 360 degree camera make music/Internet history at industry-first live event Intergraph Computer Systems (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 : INGR) today announced that its industry-leading TDZ 2000 ViZual Workstations(R) will provide the enabling workstation technology for today's live webcast of David Bowie's recording session of "What's Really Happening," billed as the world's first cyber song. The event takes place Monday, May 24, 1999, from 7-10 p.m. EST, and will be captured by the groundbreaking 360-degree FullView camera invented at Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies. Vic Nalwa of Bell Labs Multimedia Communications Research Laboratory and inventor of the FullView camera chose two Intergraph TDZ 2000 GT1 ViZual Workstations to process the real-time imagery from the FullView camera. A third TDZ 2000 GT1 hosts the FullView website, and an Intergraph TDZ 2000 GX1 with dual Pentium A PC with a motherboard that contains two Pentium CPUs. Such machines are designed for use with an operating system that supports symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), such as Windows NT or 2000. See SMP. (R) II Xeon(TM) processors will broadcast the imagery over the Web. A fourth Intergraph system, a TDZ 2000 Classic, will connect to the RealNetworks server. Web viewers can watch the recording session live on the Web, at BowieNet, Tunes.com/RollingStone.com (www.rollingstone.com) and FullView (www.fullview.com). "This groundbreaking event in cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. is an impressive demonstration of the power and versatility of our broad product line of high-performance TDZ 2000 ViZual Workstations," said Jeff Edson, president, Intergraph Computer Systems' Visual Computing The use of computers for 3D modeling and animation. See visualization. . "By providing the enabling workstation technology for innovators like Vic Nalwa and the Bell Labs team, Intergraph Computer Systems delivers "Power to the Creators" for professionals as well as consumers, who are empowered with new ways of experiencing entertainment and services from the Web." TDZ 2000 GT1 ViZual Workstation Intergraph Computer Systems' TDZ 2000 GT1 ViZual Workstations are powered by single or dual Pentium II or Pentium III The successor to the Pentium II from Intel. Introduced in the spring of 1999 at 500 MHz, the Pentium III architecture was similar to the Pentium II with the addition of 70 new instructions optimized for multimedia (see SSE). processors and can deliver multiple streams of uncompressed D1 video in real time, enabled by the unequaled system throughput of Intergraph's patented Concurrent Multiport Architecture(TM). These industry-first technologies make the TDZ 2000 GT1 the platform of choice for the industry's most powerful Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R)-based software for video/audio editing, 3D animation, compositing, effects, and more. FullView Technologies Those who view the video webcast at www.fullview.com will be amazed a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. by how much they actually see with the formal debut of the 360-degree FullView camera. The FullView camera uses multiple charge-coupled device See CCD. (electronics) charge-coupled device - (CCD) A semiconductor technology used to build light-sensitive electronic devices such as cameras and image scanners. CCDs can be made to detect either colour or black-and-white. (CCD CCD in full charge-coupled device Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device. ) cameras, each aimed at a different mirror, which combines the images and displays full, seamless 360-degree live action as well as close-ups in any direction chosen by the user. Lucent Technologies, which is providing its FullView technology for the webcast, is in the process of launching the technology as a new business, to be called FullView Technologies. For More Information For more information about Intergraph Computer Systems' TDZ 2000 ViZual Workstations or a convenient reseller, customers can call 800-763-0242 or visit the company's Web site at www.intergraph.com/ics. About Intergraph Computer Systems Intergraph Computer Systems' (Huntsville, AL) businesses -- Visual Computing, Enterprise Solutions, and Intense3D -- reflect its core competencies of systems engineering, systems integration, world-class service and support, and 3D graphics technology. The company develops, sells, and supports affordable, high-performance Windows NT-based graphics workstations, PCs, and servers using the latest Intel(R) processors, and advanced 3D graphics accelerators for the creative and technical desktop in markets such as traditional CAD, MCAD MCAD Microsoft Certified Application Developer MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MCAD Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (inherited metabolic disease) MCAD Minneapolis College of Art and Design , animation, content creation, publishing and prepress, visual simulation, graphics arts, and digital media. Intergraph's enterprise solutions include systems integration, consulting, hardware, networking and interoperability products for workgroup to enterprise performance for systems management, thin-client, and Internet/extranet/intranet communications. Intergraph Computer Systems is the world leader in 3D graphics technology and the sales of 3D graphics accelerators for Windows NT. Intergraph Computer Systems is 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 Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ: INGR). For more information about Intergraph Computer Systems, call 800-763-0242, or visit the company's Web site at www.intergraph.com/ics/. NOTE TO EDITORS: Intergraph Computer Systems' Virtual Press Room contains today's announcements and the latest product news, press kits, and digital images for downloading. Visit the press room at http://www.intergraph.com/ics/vpr. Please contact Marla Robinson, 256-730-1813 or mcrobins@ingr.com for additional product information, current pricing, or image slides. For reader inquiries about Intergraph Computer Systems, please list 1-800-763-0242 or our World Wide Web address, http://www.intergraph.com/ics. Intergraph, the Intergraph logo and TDZ are registered trademarks and Intense3D, Wildcat wildcat, common name of two Old World cats, the European wildcat, Felis sylvestris, of Europe and W Asia, and the African wildcat, or kaffir cat, F. lybica, of Africa and Asia. and RealiZm are trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corp. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of 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, . Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion