Logitech Showcases Retail Version of WingMan Force Feedback Mouse.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1999-- Announces Popular Games and Innovative Utilities That Will Bundle with Powerful New Interface Device Three Games, Multiple Utilities Add Unprecedented Fun, Function, and Value Logitech (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 :LOGIY; Switzerland:LOGN, LOGZ), international market leader in human interface devices that define the way people link to information in business, at home and online, has announced the popular games and utilities which will be bundled with the Logitech(R) WingMan wing·man n. A pilot whose plane is positioned behind and outside the leader in a formation of flying aircraft. Noun 1. wingman (R) Force Feedback Mouse. Available in October for an estimated street price of $99.95, the new Logitech(R) mouse offers high-fidelity force feedback based on FEELit(TM) Technology from Immersion(R) Corporation. The retail product was demonstrated publicly for the first time, along with the bundled software (1) Applications that are included with new hardware. For example, a new PC often comes with several applications, many of which may be light versions or full versions with no limit on usage. Others may be only 60- or 90-day trial packages. See bundle. , at the recent ECTS ECTS European Credit Transfer System ECTS European Community Course Credit Transfer System ECTS European Computer Trade Show ECTS Erie County Technical School (Pennsylvania) ECTS Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor tradeshow in London. The Logitech(R) WingMan (R) Force Feedback Mouse will feature three full games. Each game has been recognized as a leader in its genre and offers excellent force feedback written specifically for this mouse. Games included are: Heavy Gear II(TM) from Activision(R), Railroad Tycoon II: Gold Edition from PopTop Software PopTop Software is an American video game developer. It is known as the publisher of several strategy games including Railroad Tycoon II (1998) and the Caribbean island simulation Tropico (2001). and Gruntz from Monolith Productions
Monolith Productions is a Kirkland, Washington-based computer game developer. . "We're extremely pleased with this assortment of bundled software," said Fred Swan Fred Swan is an American painter who resides in Barre, Vermont. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy[1], and then taught mathematics at Spaulding High School. , Logitech's director of marketing for entertainment. "All of the products are extremely strong on their own, offering great fun, force feedback content, and overall value to users of our WingMan Force Feedback Mouse. By putting them all together, we are providing the user a broad range of great experiences with the mouse, and weeks of immersive entertainment." Activision's Heavy Gear II(TM) has received critical acclaim since its July release. This stellar sci-fi combat simulation blasts giant robot Giant Robot may refer to:
elastic recoil the ability of a stretched object or organ, such as the bladder, to return to its resting position. and impact for different weapons, sensations for walking, running, rolling and jumping that vary with terrain, and others. The interface includes tactile feedback for greater involvement in the experience. Equally celebrated among real-time strategy A real-time strategy (RTS) video game is one that is distinctly not turn-based. The phrase real-time is used to distinguish such games within the broader genre of strategic wargames, which has a longer history both inside and outside of video gaming. fans, Railroad Tycoon II: Gold Edition shows how force feedback can add fun and enhance play in non-combat games. This newly released edition includes the blockbuster strategy-simulation hit Railroad Tycoon II, the expansion pack Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century, 12 new scenarios created by the PopTop design crew, and the Official Railroad Tycoon II Strategy Guide in electronic format (HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. ). In this detailed simulation, players can establish themselves as a mogul to be reckoned with. Build the Transcontinental Railway or the Orient Express Orient Express Luxury train that ran from Paris to Constantinople (Istanbul) for over 80 years (1883–1977). Developed by the Belgian businessman Georges Nagelmackers, its luxuriously furnished cars became the symbol of glamour for European society. . Run steam trains through the jungles of Africa, or electric trains through the Swiss Alps The Swiss Alps are the central portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Regions From west to east, and south of Rhône, Hinterrhein and Inn:
Twisted Metal is the first game in the Twisted Metal vehicular combat series. when their trains crash, or the roar of the Wall Street crowd when they snap up their competitor's stock. Track laying, building construction, and train routing all provide feedback, from satisfying 'clunks' when things slide into place, to small tactile responses to minor adjustments. Gruntz is a compelling and engaging real-time puzzle game for the whole family, where players can maneuver likeable like·a·ble adj. Variant of likable. Adj. 1. likeable - (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play" likable, appealing, sympathetic , wise-cracking characters through 36 single-player and 8 multi-player levels while using more than 60 unique tools, toys, power-ups, and secret items to open doors, distract bad guys, and solve puzzles. With the force feedback version of the game, they'll feel the power ups, tools and toys; actions like digging and breaking rocks; movement onto pressure plates, and spikes; the impact of exploding dynamite and Gruntz-to-Gruntz combat; the reward of finding secret items; and more. In addition to its role as an enhancement for games, the WingMan Force Feedback Mouse supports force feedback on the Worldwide Web and in the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98 (NASDAQ:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) Desktop. This functionality is provided by a number of software utilities from Immersion Corporation Immersion Corporation of San Jose, California, is a developer of haptic technology. The company was founded in 1993.[1] Immersion's technology is employed in automotive, entertainment, medical training, mobility, personal computing, and three-dimensional , which are bundled with the mouse: -- FEELit(TM) Desktop - a background application which generates force feedback effects on the Desktop and some effects on virtually all web sites. Users can feel icons, menu items, buttons, and scroll bars; actions like dragging, resizing, and scrolling, as well as web interface elements like buttons, hyperlinks and text-entry boxes. -- FEELtheWEB(TM) - This utility allows users and commercial web designers to embed force feedback in their own web sites. These forces could then be felt over the Internet by other users of the WingMan Force Feedback Mouse. -- FEELit(TM) Studio - This is a full-featured utility which allows users to create, edit, test, and save force feedback effects without writing code. It has a graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to and automatically generates force feedback files that can be used in games and web sites. In addition to these utilities, a number of force feedback demo applications from Immersion Corporation are provided, including sample web pages with embedded force feedback and small applications which demonstrate different types of effect components. About Logitech: Founded in 1981, Logitech designs, manufactures and markets human interface devices and supporting software that link people to the Internet and enable them to work, play, learn and communicate more effectively in the digital world. Logitech's interface devices comprise a complete family of products that surround users in all computing environments and include input and pointing devices such as 2D, 3D and cordless mice, trackballs, touchpads and keyboards; multimedia speakers and Internet video cameras. Logitech's WingMan brand of gaming accessories includes joysticks, gamepads, racing systems, mice, and more-all designed with a focus on making gaming more fun and helping gamers play better. With operational headquarters through its U.S. subsidiary in Fremont, California, and regional headquarters through local subsidiaries in Romanel, Switzerland, and Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C., Logitech International is a Swiss public company traded in Switzerland under the symbols LOGN and LOGZ, and in the U.S. on the Nasdaq National Market System (LOGIY). The company has manufacturing facilities in Asia and offices in major cities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. About Immersion Corporation Immersion Corporation is a world leader in the development of feel technologies. Immersion enabled the world's first consumer products for adding feel to mainstream computing in 1995 when it unveiled I-FORCE, a technology for adding feel to joysticks, steering wheels and other gaming products. Immersion currently licenses I-FORCE technology to most major manufacturers of PC gaming products. Immersion also develops feel technologies for industrial markets, medical simulation, and automotive applications. Note to Editors: All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Logitech and its products, visit the company's Web Site at www.logitech.com. |
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