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InWorld's Automatic Audio ends the "silence of the Web".


SAUSALITO Sausalito (sô'səlē`tō), residential city (1990 pop. 7,152), Marin co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1893. It is the northern terminus of the Golden Gate Bridge. The artists' colony there is a tourist attraction. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 1996--InWorld VR Inc. Wednesday announced the release of its Automatic Audio Java applet A Java program that is downloaded from the server and run from the browser. The Java Virtual Machine built into the browser is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java application.  library creating a global, interactive sound solution for the Web without the need for any additional end user software or complicated installations.

Audio enhancements are the missing link in today's Web pages. With InWorld's Automatic Audio, Web pages can start to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil  
tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils
1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises.

2.
 their true potential as an interactive media that users can hear as well as see.

Utilizing any existing or newly created sound file, Automatic Audio adds background music or sounds, sound bytes Sound Bytes is the title of a two hour weekly program that airs on WHAM, a Rochester, NY radio station. As of the initial writing of this article in March of 2007, it can be heard Sundays starting at 11AM Eastern time. , audio associated with graphics or user selections and audio animations to any Web page for true multimedia interactivity. Automatic Audio will make an immediate impact as viewers will hear the difference.

Automatic Audio consists of 16 parameter-driven, fully documented Java applets that developers can easily integrate into their Web sites without any Java programming whatsoever. Sound files are quickly and easily added to any Web page. No additional software, downloads, or any installation is required by the end user. Any existing Java-enabled browser browser

Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used
 is all that is needed.

Developers and site administrators will appreciate the speed optimizations InWorld uses to increase applet A small application, such as a utility program or limited-function spreadsheet or word processor. Java programs that are run from the browser are always known as applets. See midlet, crapplet and Java applet.  efficiency. Sight and sound come alive without the boring wait associated with other audio-visual solutions.

The Personal Package is priced at $49 and includes a single site license. The Commercial Package is priced at $149 and includes five site licenses. The Web-Developer Package is priced at $499 and includes a fully paid license to use on an unlimited number of sites.

For more information as well as a demonstration of Automatic Audio, visit InWorld's homepage at www.inworldvr.com or call 415/331-5004 and ask for Automatic Audio.

Since 1993 InWorld VR (company, virtual reality) InWorld VR - Manufacturers of the CyberWand.  Inc. has been at the forefront in real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example.  3-D software development for the PC. InWorld's existing product base includes several Virtual Reality toolkits including TerrainTool and TreeTool as well as the CyberWand 3-D navigation device. InWorld has also provided 3-D software development services for Sense8 Corp., Crystal River Engineering, The Learning Co. and others.

InWorld is located at 10 Liberty Ship Way, No. 266, Sausalito, Calif. 94965. Homepage: www.inworldvr.com, e-mail: inworld@well.com or phone 415/331-5004. -0-

NOTE: Automatic Audio, TerrainTool and TreeTool are trademarks

of InWorld VR Inc. InWorld and CyberWand are registered

trademarks of InWorld VR Inc.

CONTACT: InWorld VR Inc., Sausalito

415/331-5004
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