InterSense Spearheads Drive to Virtual Reality, Brings World's Smallest, High-Performance Head Tracker to Market.Business/Technology Editors 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 2000 NEW ORLEANS New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2000 InterTrax2 Motion Tracker Demo at SIGGRAPH 2000, Compatible with Workstations, PCs and PlayStation2(TM) At Siggraph 2000, InterSense Inc., the market leader in precision motion tracking technology that allows people to easily interact with 3D computer-generated environments, is demonstrating InterTrax2, a new head-tracking system. InterTrax2 runs on the PlayStation2 games console and will allow users to upgrade their consoles to VR systems for a new 3D game experience. "As soon as we heard that the PlayStation2 would support USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , we started to re-design InterTrax to reduce its size and weight, and improve its performance," said Charlie Miller, InterSense's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "The combination of using a games console as the host platform for a VR experience and the additional compatibility afforded by USB, greatly improves the potential for both the VR industry and our products. Now, with advances in computer processing power, display technology and 3D graphics, InterSense technology can truly bring 3D to life." Blake Bisson, vice president of worldwide sales, added: "The power of PlayStation2 is perfect for immersive VR applications that require consistent frame rates of more than 30Hz and we are seeing a great deal of interest in the middleware, headsets and InterTrax2. This combination is proving very attractive to game developers and publishers and our system has been designed to meet this market demand." Working with its Japanese partner, AiCube Co. Ltd, InterSense has developed middleware that enables InterTrax2, a 3DOF See depth of field and 6DOF. DOF - degrees of freedom (Degrees of Freedom) head-tracking system to work with the new game station from Sony. InterTrax2 is the successor to InterTrax, the world's best selling 3-DOF tracking system. Weighing half as much as its predecessor, it offers greater functionality and accuracy, and easily attaches to all known Personal Display Devices ("headsets"). Pricing and Availability InterTrax2 will be available from InterSense and its partners at the end of July 2000 as either a standalone product or bundled with a range of headsets. The USB middleware and demonstration software is available free to licensed Sony application developers. The middleware is also available for license or sale to other peripheral manufacturers that want to develop PlayStation2-compatible products and require an early time to market. Pricing will be determined according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. volume and bundling configurations. For more information about InterSense and InterTrax2, please go to http://www.isense.com. About InterSense Inc. InterSense Inc., based in Burlington, Mass., is the market leader in precision motion tracking technology that enables computers to `see and understand' motion in 3D space. By delivering the best precision and performance, InterSense's motion tracking systems have become widely used in a variety of applications, including virtual prototyping and design, visual simulation and training, video/film production 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. , manufacturing and 3D game development. InterSense recently received the Frost & Sullivan 1999 Market Engineering Technology Innovation Award, as well as the Computer Graphics World 1999 Innovation Award for its IS-900 motion tracker series. Founded in 1996, InterSense has quickly become the market leader by forging powerful relationships with world leaders For a list of heads of state, see . World leaders is a MMORPG. The game involves creating a state, joining an alliance and going into war. It is mostly played by players from Israel, China, USA, Britain, Brazil and Saudi-Arabia. in the industrial, government/defense, medical and entertainment and research markets, including Boeing, Volkswagen, Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. , Ortho-Biotech, Universal Studios Sony, MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Johns-Hopkins University. For more information about InterSense, call 781-270-0090, or visit the Web site at www.isense.com. About AiCube Co. Ltd. AiCube Co. Ltd, based in Tokyo, Japan, develops, markets and customizes real-time graphic solutions such as VR simulators and interactive exhibition contents. Using graphics engine technology, AiCube provides a full line of services to the development community including conceptualization con·cep·tu·al·ize v. con·cep·tu·al·ized, con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing, con·cep·tu·al·iz·es v.tr. To form a concept or concepts of, and especially to interpret in a conceptual way: , system and program design, hardware configuration, and installation. AiCube has packaged these tools into a development environment called Xeios. For more information about AiCube, please go to http://www.aicube.com. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. |
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