Future Vision and Merit Studios Pick Yamaha 3D Graphics Chip for PC; CD-ROM Entertainment Software.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 1995--Future Vision, a software game developer, and Merit Studios, an entertainment producer and distributor, have adopted the Yamaha Rendering Polygon Accelerator (RPA RPA Remote Patron Authentication RPA Rural Payments Agency (UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) RPA Replication Protein A RPA RNAse Protection Assay RPA Regional Plan Association RPA Random-Phase Approximation )(YGV611) to power their drive toward ultra-realistic effects for next generation PC games. "We've hit on a lucky combination with the Yamaha 3D chip and Future Vision's 3D engine," stated Roddy McGinnis, Director of Product Development, Merit Studios. "Yamaha's technology and Future Vision's software solution deliver high-end, sophisticated features to the PC platform." "With Yamaha's texture mapping In computer graphics, the application of a type of surface to a 3D image. A texture can be uniform, such as a brick wall, or irregular, such as wood grain or marble. The common method is to create a 2D bitmapped image of the texture, called a "texture map," which is then "wrapped around" in hardware, we can heighten the virtual reality experience," said Nick Shaffner, Director of Research and Development, Future Vision. "We look for cool features that are easily adoptable." He added, "It's a can-you-top-this arena crowded with contenders." "Merit Studios and Future Vision will be at the leading edge of 3D games utilizing their state of the art 3D software engine with hardware assist from Yamaha's RPA," stated Henry Choy, graphics product manager for Yamaha Systems Technology. "Yamaha will be the only 3D hardware solution with a wide base of entertainment support for Christmas 1995 at consumer price points." Six Degrees of Freedom 3D Engine Future Vision's Super VGA See VGA and PC display modes. Super VGA - Super Video Graphics Array 6 Degrees of Freedom graphics engine will feature 64K-bit texture mapping in 640 x 480-bit resolution. With both characters and landscape, the Future Vision 3D engine allows the level of speed and fluidity that is sought for ultra realistic effects. Merit Studios and Future Vision Partnership Both based in Dallas, Merit Studios and Future Vision have recently developed Harvester harvester, farm machine that mechanically harvests a crop. Small-grain harvesting has been mechanized to a certain extent since early times. In the modern period the first harvester to gain general acceptance was made by Cyrus McCormick in 1831 (see reaper). , a haunting A Haunting is a television series on Discovery Channel that, according to its website[1] chronicles the "terrifying true stories of the paranormal told by people who experienced real-life horror tales. and grisly adventure game created by the renowned author and innovator, Gilbert P. Austin. Their next venture is slated for release in early 1996, mounted on the Future Vision 3D engine. The Yamaha RPA is a hardware boost that yields fantastic graphics and special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. that are not attainable by software alone. Yamaha 3D Graphics Technology The Yamaha RPA gives fast, powerful 3D graphics rendering for the PC at unbeatable cost. The only 3D accelerator with texture mapping in hardware, the Yamaha RPA also performs Gouraud shading In 3D graphics, a technique developed by Henri Gouraud in the early 1970s that computes a shaded surface based on the color and illumination at the corners of every triangle. Gouraud shading is the simplest rendering method and is computed faster than Phong shading. , hidden surface removal See z buffer. , video capture, and Bit Block Transfer See bitblt. . Future Vision is a software game development company specializing in entertainment that defies the usual categories of adventure/VR/simulation; its creations evoke elements of film, theater and dramatic narrative. Merit Studios serves as a publisher and distributor of many of the leading entertainment titles in retail markets. Recent Merit titles include The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki, Fighter Wing and CyberJudas. Yamaha Corporation of America, Systems Technology Division was founded to manufacture and market integrated circuits, board level products and complete systems to OEMs and VARs. The division's product line includes custom and semicustom ASICs, standard circuits for graphics, communications and audio applications and CD recorder products. CONTACT: Yamaha Systems Technology Henry Choy, 408/467-2300 henry@yamaha.mhs.compuserve.com or Future Vision Nick Shaffner, 214/341-0201 or Merit Studios Roddy McGinnis, 214/385-2353 |
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