Hockey Hall of Fame and diginiche Put Stanley Cup On Display Using Viewpoint Technology.Business Editors/High Tech & Multimedia Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2001 Viewpoint Corporation (Nasdaq: VWPT), a leader in digital marketing technologies and services, today announced that the Hockey Hall of Fame The Hockey Hall of Fame, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is dedicated to the history of ice hockey with exhibits featuring memorabilia and NHL trophies (including the Stanley Cup) along with interactive activities. has chosen diginiche and Viewpoint to develop their showcase for hockey's highest honor, the Stanley Cup Stanley Cup: see hockey, ice. Stanley Cup Trophy awarded annually to the winning team of the National Hockey League championship. Named for its donor, the Canadian governor-general Frederick Arthur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston . Previously only available for viewing at the Hockey Hall of Fame, the Stanley Cup is now available for all to see on the Hall of Fame's Web site: http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/silver_vrtro.htm Using Kodak digital imaging technology and Viewpoint's photo-realistic 3D and 2D ZoomView technologies, diginiche has given every hockey fan a chance to see the Stanley Cup, up close and in all of its glorious detail. Through use of Viewpoint's ZoomView, individual names of players and coaches of former champions are visible on the trophy, including this year's Stanley Cup winner, the Colorado Avalanche The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1996 and 2001. . The Stanley Cup was first photographed by diginiche using the Kodak Professional DCS (1) See also DSC. (2) Digital Cross-connect System) A network switching and grooming device used by telecom carriers. See digital cross-connect. Pro Back Plus digital camera back. The camera back's 16-million pixel sensor enables Viewpoint's ZoomView technology to repurpose To change the media format; for example, to go from print to online. high quality images for Web sites. "diginiche and Viewpoint should be applauded for this unique application of digital imaging," said Will Holowka, Business Development Manager, Kodak Canada Inc. Kodak Canada is a sponsor of the Hockey Hall of Fame. "We were pleased that our digital technology was able to help bring the Stanley Cup to life for hockey fans world-wide." "We are thrilled with this opportunity to showcase the Stanley Cup on the Internet. The achieved clarity and detail exceeded our expectations and we look forward in furthering our relationship with diginiche and Viewpoint," commented Peter Jagla Producer, New Media and E-Business of the Hall of Fame. President of diginiche, Barry Fogarty commented," Viewpoint's technology enabled us to generate a photo-realistic 3D model of the Stanley Cup in a cost-effective manner, while the ZoomView technology allowed us to create the high resolution images that make it possible for viewers to see the fine details and names of individuals that give the Stanley Cup its unique character." "We are very excited that sport's most famous award and hockey's championship lineage have been made available using this combination of two of our technologies," commented Sean Leary, Viewpoint's Director of Business Development. About Viewpoint Corporation Viewpoint is a leading provider of digital marketing technologies and services. Viewpoint licenses its proprietary technologies and also provides a full range of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for implementing enhanced digital rich media marketing solutions. The Company is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with offices in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Salt Lake City, London and Tokyo. Visit the Viewpoint Web site at: http://www.viewpoint.com. About diginiche diginiche is one of North America's leading providers of interactive online virtual tours Virtual Tours The phrases panoramic tour and virtual tour are often used to describe a variety of video and photographic based media. The word panorama indicates an unbroken view, so essentially, a panorama in that respect could be either a series of photographs or panning video of places and products. diginiche merges the arts of photography and design with cutting-edge visualization technologies to deliver high quality interactive images that invoke the experience of being in a place or interacting with a object. Headquartered in Toronto, with additional production facilities in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , diginiche services clients in a broad array of industries including automotive, travel, e-business and advertising. diginiche's clients include: Infiniti, Nissan, Sol Melia Hotels, Cadillac-Fairview, Canadian Tire Canadian Tire (TSX: CTC, CTC.A) is one of Canada's 35 largest publicly traded companies and operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing (hardgoods, apparel and petroleum) and services (financial and automotive). , and TBWA/CHIAT/DAY. Visit the diginiche Web site at: http://www.diginiche.com This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 and similar expressions that reflect Viewpoint's current expectations about its future performance, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause Viewpoint's actual performance to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. For information about these and other risks, uncertainties and factors, please review the disclosure contained in the Company's filings and reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Viewpoint is a registered trademark of Viewpoint Corporation. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright 2001 Viewpoint Corporation. All rights reserved. |
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