SIGGRAPH 2003 Exhibitor Profiles.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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 2003 SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2003 SIGGRAPH 2003, the world's largest marketplace of computer graphics and interactive techniques, takes place July July: see month. 27 - 31 at the San Diego Convention Center The San Diego Convention Center is the main convention center for the city of San Diego, California. It is located in the Marina district of downtown San Diego near the Gaslamp Quarter, at 111 West Harbor Drive. in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . SIGGRAPH 2003 Media Headquarters is located in Room 25 B-C of the San Diego Convention Center. For more information about SIGGRAPH 2003 visit http://www.siggraph.org/s2003/media/index.html. Below are profiles from SIGGRAPH 2003 exhibitors. News releases and advisories are available at http://www.tradeshownews.com. Business Wire and Virtual Press Office are the official news wire and online press kit services for SIGGRAPH 2003.
Company: 3Dlabs
Ticker Symbol: (NASDAQ: CREAF) 3Dlabs is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Creative Technology Ltd.
Booth: 2814
Media Contact: Jennifer Ellard
Investor Relations Contact: Lisa Laymon
Phone: 408.546.6600
E-mail: jennifer_ellard@creative.com
Company URL: www.3dlabs.com
Press Kit URL: http://www.3dlabs.com/whatsnew/pressroom.htm
3Dlabs (Booth 2814), a leading innovator in professional visual
processing, supplies a broad range of graphics accelerators to
Computer Aided Design (CAD), Digital Content Creation (DCC), and
visual simulation professionals. Its award-winning Wildcat graphics
solutions are available in industry-leading OEM workstations, in the
channel through an international distributor/reseller network, and
directly to end-users at 3Dlabs' online store. 3Dlabs is also a
leading advocate for OpenGL 2.0 industry-wide adoption. For more
information on 3Dlabs products, visit www.3Dlabs.com. 3Dlabs is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd.
Company: 3Q inc.
Booth: 1819
Media Contact: Kelly Duncan
Phone: 770-612-8002
E-mail: info@3q.com
Company URL: www.3Q.com
Product Description: A software-based 3D solution, 3Q's
QloneratorPRO system captures the human form in 0.002 seconds. With
30fps surface motion capture proven, 3Q has also incorporated the
Foveon X3 into its latest generation to achieve laser accuracy and
quality, translating into 3D texture data of unprecedented sharpness
and clarity.
Company Description: With 50 customers worldwide, 3Q develops and
markets software-based 3D solutions designed for economically
digitizing the human form for applications such as film/games
production, medical imaging, research and biometrics.
Company: 3rdTech
Booth: 3539
Media Contact: Doug Schiff
Phone: (919) 929-1903
E-mail: dbs@3rdtech.com
Company URL: http://www.3rdtech.com/
Product Description: The DeltaSphere-3000 is a 3-D laser scene
digitizer for the creation of highly realistic, accurate 3-D models of
room-sized objects and environments for film, video, web and game
design, forensics and simulation. The HiBall-3100 Wide-Area Tracker is
the industry's highest-performance tracking system for virtual and
augmented reality, training, and simulation.
Company Description: Devoted to creating products and businesses
from university research, 3rdTech provides the missing link between
university technology and high-tech products, research and commerce,
academic expertise and entrepreneurial success. Located in Chapel
Hill, NC, 3rdTech draws upon the highly respected computer graphics
and virtual environment research facilities based at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Company: Academy of Art College, San Francisco
Booth: 2237
Media Contact: Rachel Lee
Phone: (800) 544-ARTS (2787)
E-mail: info@academyart.edu
Company URL: www.academyart.edu
Press Kit URL: http://www.academyart.edu/media/
Established in 1929, Academy of Art College, San Francisco is the
largest private art college in the nation. Students can earn
accredited AA, BFA, or MFA degrees while learning from industry
leaders in state-of-the-art facilities. Upon graduation, 85% of
students make the contacts they need to obtain positions with such
elite companies as Disney, LucasFilm, and Pixar. Digital Arts
concentrations include: 3D modeling, Animation, Cartooning, Computer
Graphics, Computer Illustration, Digital Imaging, Digital Photography,
Motion Pictures and Television, Video Gaming, Visual Effects, and Web
Design.
Company: AJA Video Systems
Booth: 3215
Media Contact: Victoria Battison
Phone: 408-779-4476
E-mail: battison@vbimarketing.com
Company URL: www.aja.com
Press Kit URL:
www.virtualpressoffice.com/bw/presskit/detail.jsp?companyId=
1017910001939
Product Description: Io. Developed in close cooperation with
Apple, Io is the first uncompressed audio/video capture device
designed to take advantage of the new multi-channel audio architecture
of FCP4. A high end, 8 or 10-bit broadcast video device, Io allows
professional editors to connect audio/video to a Mac through FireWire.
Company Description: AJA Video Systems is the leading manufacturer
of capture cards and products for editing on a Mac and OS X with FCP,
as well as SDI and HD SDI video interface and conversion solutions.
AJA brings high-quality, cost-effective digital video products to the
professional broadcast and post production markets.
Company: Allegorithmic
Booth: 1848
Media Contact: polo@allegorithmic.com
Investors Relations Contact: deguy@allegorithmic.com
Phone: (+33) 473 407 984
E-mail: contact@allegorithmic.com
Company URL: http://www.allegorithmic.com
Press Kit URL: http://www.allegorithmic.com/company
Product description: Allegorithmic's unique software suite is
dedicated to the interactive designing of procedural maps for the
creation of extremely realistic shaders, materials and textures. Using
both a procedural and interactive approach, it allows you to easily
generate the number of maps you want while interacting with them at
whatever scale you need.
Company description: Allegorithmic is a CGI-software editor, which
mid-term outlook is to become the reference in the texture-modeling
software world with a unique resource: a revolutionary
procedural-map-painting software and ultimate maps libraries. Despite
a reputation that is still national, its strength lies in a
technological leadership that should be noticed internationally during
SIGGRAPH 2003.
Company: Anark Corporation
Booth: 1629
Media Contact: Robyn Phipps
Phone: 303-545-2592 x. 229
Company URL: http://www.anark.com
Press Kit URL: http://www.anark.com/company/press_materials.asp
Product description: Anark Studio(tm) multimedia authoring
software gives you the power to create the most captivating
interactive 3D experiences that engage your audiences and communicate
your ideas. Reach all your target audiences with Anark Studio's wide
array of delivery options including Macintosh OSX and Windows players
for CD-ROM and DVD-ROM, screensavers, video and Web with the
cross-platform Anark Client.
Company description: Anark Corporation delivers next generation
multimedia technologies that give artists and digital media developers
the power to create visually unrivaled interactive multimedia
applications. The company's flagship product, Anark Studio, empowers
developers to create the most visually appealing multimedia
presentations for corporate communications, CBT/e-Learning, tradeshow
presentations, and interactive media presentations deliverable on
CD-ROM, kiosks and the Web.
Company: Anthro Corporation
Booth: 3436
Media Contact: Jeannie Gordon
Phone: 503-691-2556
E-mail: sales@anthro.com
Company URL: www.anthro.com
Product description: Multimedia furniture solutions from Anthro
Corporation. Strong, flexible furniture for technology applications.
Furniture that fits you, your space, your hardware. Ideal for graphic
design and animation workstations, with lots of shapes and sizes to
fit individual needs. Quick turn-around, and comes with a Lifetime
Warranty. Visit our website at www.anthro.com.
Company description: Anthro started as a subsidiary of
Tektronix, in 1984 and became an independent company in 1988. Our
middle name is Technology Furniture(R) because we design, manufacture,
and market furniture for high tech equipment. Anthro is known for
offering fine craftsmanship and exceptional service, old-fashioned
values uncommon in the high-tech world.
Company: ArchVision, Inc.
Booth: 3045
Media Contact: Randall Stevens
Phone: 859.252.3118
E-mail: rstevens@archvision.com
Company URL: http://www.archvision.com
Press Kit URL: http://www.archvision.com/PressMedia.cfm
Product description: RPC (Rich Photorealistic Content) is the
image-based rendering technology of choice for many of the leading
animation, CAD, real-time simulation, and 3D modeling software
packages on the market today. Native and plug-in RPC support now
exists in 3ds max, Autodesk Viz, Bentley MicroStation, AccuRender,
Revit, Piranesi from Informatix, Adobe Photoshop, Graffiti RenderPro,
Cubicspace's rtre, and SGI Performer.
Company description: ArchVision is the leader in the development
of image-based content creation, management and delivery solutions. In
addition to its RPC Plug-in technology, ArchVision's products include
a growing library of RPC content ranging from people, trees and shrubs
to image-based automobiles and other popular objects.
Company: Artbeats
Booth: 3337
Media Contact: Julie Hill
Phone: 541/863-4429
E-mail: jhill@artbeats.com
Company URL: http://www.artbeats.com
Founded in 1989, Artbeats is a leading provider of royalty-free
stock footage for broadcast, desktop video, multimedia, Internet and
3D texture mapping. The Artbeats Digital Film Library includes special
effects, scenics, aerials, lifestyles, backgrounds, and much more.
Quality, resolution and pricing make Artbeats Digital Film Library one
of the leading choices by industry professionals. The library includes
over 200 titles, 35 of which are HD. Artbeats is headquartered in
Myrtle Creek, Oregon with a staff of artists, producers, technicians,
marketers and management. Artbeats' clients include Disney, Paramount,
Fox, and Nike. For more information visit the company's web site at:
www.artbeats.com.
Company: Ascension Technology Corporation
Booth: 2528
Media Contact: Amanda Roer
Investor Relations Contact: Jack Scully
Phone: 802-893-6657
E-mail: aroer@ascension-tech.com
Company URL: www.ascension-tech.com
Press Kit URL:
www.virtualpressoffice.com/bw/presskit/detail.jsp?companyId=
1053414213092
Product description: MotionStar Wireless is a 6DOF magnetic motion
tracker for tracking up to five un-tethered performers in real time.
ReActor 2 is the new, next-generation infrared active-optical tracker
for motion capture applications. These are just two of Ascension's
full line of trackers for animation, simulation, medical imaging,
biomechanics and real-time visualization.
Company description: Using DC magnetic, laser, infrared optical
and inertial tracking technologies, Ascension provides motion tracking
for diverse applications worldwide. Based in Vermont, Ascension is ISO
9001 certified and has over 25 resellers around the globe. Ascension
offers turnkey motion capture systems as well as custom tracking
solutions for OEM integration.
Company: Baydel North America
Booth: 2551
Media Contact: Matt Kevorkian
Phone: 408-383-7474
E-mail: mattk@baydelna.com
Company URL: baydel.com
Product Description:
Hardware: High Performance RAID Storage.
Software: DataFrameworks: An evolutionary Data Management Software
Suite that enables more efficient organization and management of
business data. DataFrameworks provides an overall map of corporate or
project data and establishes a fundamental mechanism for using and
aligning storage resource to business objectives, justifying why the
data is stored in the first place.
Company Description: Baydel has been in business since 1972. With
U.S. headquarters in San Jose, Baydel's chief business has been the
manufacturing of high performance, highly reliable RAID storage
systems. During SIGGRAPH 2003, Baydel culminates a two-year
development project by releasing a data efficiency software package,
DataFrameworks, designed to help organizations better manage their
business data.
Company: Blackball
Booth: 3141
Media Contact: Patty Brown
Investor Relations Contact: Bob Brown
Phone: 858-623-9400
E-mail: Patty@blackball.us
Company URL: www.blackball.us
Product description: BlackBall(R) BlackMagic utilizes an exclusive
Rich Media File System to combine the functionality of a file system,
storage management system, and a digital asset management repository
into one solution. BlackMagic enables customers to develop rich media
files quicker and cost effectively; store and locate them rapidly; and
identify and repurpose them meaningfully.
Company description: Founded in 2000, BlackBall(R) is the leading
provider of technology for digital asset management and storage
management products. Blackball is specifically focused on developing
solutions to reduce the costs associated with rich media file
creation, storage, management, and identification for the Digital
Asset Management (DAM) and Storage Management markets.
Company: BOXX Technologies, Inc.
Booth: 2948
Media Contact: Kelly Dove
Investor Relations Contact: Rick Krause
Phone: 512-835-0400
E-mail: kdove@boxxtech.com
Company URL: www.boxxtech.com
Press Kit URL:
www.virtualpressoffice.com/presskit/index.jsp?companyId=984091177
Product description: 3DBOXX dual AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon and Intel
XEON workstations for high-performance 3D, animation and visual
effects. RenderBOXX render nodes with AMD and Intel processors to
streamline the production pipeline. CineBOXX (review) an uncompressed
timeline-based digital intermediate review system for 2K DPX and
Cineon files at 24fps.
Company description: BOXX Technologies, Inc. is a leading
developer and manufacturer of XXTreme high-performance, high-bandwidth
Microsoft Windows and Linux-based hardware and software solutions for
3D, animation, digital film and HDTB broadcast markets.
Company: cebas Computer GmbH
Booth: 2153
Media Contact: Edwin Braun
Phone: +49.6221.760038
E-mail: info@cebas.com
Company URL: www.cebas.com
Press Kit URL: http://www.cebas.com/news/index.asp?UD=10-7888-33-788
Product Description: cebas Computer exhibits powerful plug-ins for
3ds max and other 3D applications. cebas unveils their latest
rendering technology based on their successful finalRender Stage1
software: finalRender-OEM, a platform-independent rendering and
raytracing system. 3rd party developers get the ability to implement
this same power and functionality into their own 3D tools. Various
hardware and software platforms are supported.
Company description: cebas Computer GmbH is a German developer of
advanced 3D software for 3ds max and other 3D applications, based near
Heidelberg. With 14 years of experience in software development for
the 3D market, cebas has become renowned for its quality and unique
software products serving graphics and animation studios around the
world.
Company: Charles River Media
Booth: 3323
Media Contact: Mark Hughes
Phone: 781-740-0400
E-mail: info@charlesriver.com
Company URL: www.charlesriver.com
Product description: Graphics Programming Methods is a unique
collection of application and technique-driven articles that provide
practical methods for solving problems facing every graphics
programmer. Each article is written by an experienced graphics
programmer and details how to apply new techniques or improve upon
widely-used methods.
Company description: Premier publisher of professional books for
graphics/game programmers and designers. New titles include Graphics
Programming Methods, The OpenGL Extensions Guide, 3ds max Animation
and Visual Effects Techniques, and the C4D R8 Handbook, in addition to
The Journal of Game Development, a new peer-reviewed research level
journal.
Company: Computer Graphics Systems Development Corporation (CGSD)
Booth: 3331
Media Contact: Roy Latham
Investor Relations Contact: P. Y. Cheng
Phone: 650-903-4920
E-mail: rlatham@cgsd.com
Company URL: http://www.cgsd.com
Product description: Visual Simulation Software/database products
include RealTexture Library, RealTexture Tools, E-Town Library, E-Town
Road/highway Editor, Color Science Library. Devices include helmet
mounted display (HMD) of various brands. Systems include driving
simulator and flight trainer. Newsletter: Real Time Graphics.
Services: Proposal Preparation, software development, system
integration, and patent preparation.
Company description: CGSD is a leading software developer and
system integrator for visual simulation and virtual reality. Founded
in 1990, CGSD has been providing innovative products and services
worldwide to industry, academia, and government. CGSD also publishes
the well known newsletter, Real Time Graphics, that has subscribers in
35 countries.
Company: Course Technology
Ticker Symbol: TOC
Booth: 3148
Media Contact: Kristin Eisenzopf
Phone: (617) 757-8196
E-mail: Kristin.Eisenzopf@Course.com
Company URL: www.course.com
Product description: The Premier Press (www.premierpressbooks.com)
Game Development series is the most comprehensive on the market with
over 35 titles in print. Premier's Inspired series takes you
behind-the-scenes of the movie-making industry. Muska & Lipman
(www.muskalipman.com) music technology books cover all aspects of
music technology software and concepts for serious musicians.
Company description: Premier Press and Muska & Lipman Publishing
are divisions of Course Technology, the worldwide leader in computer
education products and services and part of The Thomson Corporation,
the world's largest provider of corporate and professional learning
solutions. Together, they publish comprehensive books on animation,
graphics, photography, music technology, and game development.
Company: Curious Labs
Booth: 3442
Media Contact: Daryl Wise
Phone: 831-462-8904
E-mail: daryl@curiouslabs.com
Company URL: http://www.curiouslabs.com
Product Description: Poser 5 is the ultimate 3D-character design
and animation tool for artists and animators. Use included libraries
of human and animal models to quickly create movies and images.
Company Description: Curious Labs, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary
of EGISYS AG, designs, develops, and publishes software tools such as
Poser, which focus on 3D human and character visualization for
artists, designers, and web developers. The company is located in
Santa Cruz, California.
Company: Curious Software Company Ltd
Booth: 2440
Media Contact: Zoe Wilson
Investor Relations Contact: Halid Hatic
Phone: +44 20 7428 0288
E-mail: info@curious-software.com
Company URL: www.curious-software.com
Product Description: Curious World Maps, from Curious Software, is
the industry standard software solution for creating 2D /3D animated
maps for broadcast, presentations and Web - now including superb
quality satellite imagery. New for 2003 is Curious gFx delivering
professional quality paint, roto and compositing for film and video to
the desktop.
Company Description: Curious Software is an innovative software
company with a great pedigree. Our mission is to make the highest
quality professional information graphics available to everyone
creating content for the television, post-production, Internet and
corporate graphics industries.
Company: Darim
Booth: 1637
Media Contact: Gene Shin
Investor Relations Contact: Claire Kim
Phone: 925-251-0178
E-mail: Claire@darim.com
Company URL: www.darim.com
Product Description: Darim is introducing powerful solution for
creating real time 3D Virtual Set studios for live broadcasting and
more! This trackless Virtual Set turns almost any spaces into a
professional live broadcasting studio with multiple cameras controlled
by breakthrough technologies. Must visit our booth at 1637 to believe
it.
Company Description: Starting with video compression technology,
Darim has grown for more than 10 years by serving video specialists
with different requests in niche market. With its dedication to make
video communication more accessible than now, Darim has broadened its
principle business areas to MPEG encoding, Streaming, Broadcasting,
and Security. Visit www.darim.com to find more about us.
Company: Digital ArtForms, Inc
Booth: 3051
Media Contact: Paul Mlyniec
Phone: (408) 356-6169
E-mail: paul@dartforms.com
Company URL: www.digitalartforms.com
Press Kit URL: For a preview of InDex download the web movie by
clicking:
http://www.digitalartforms.com/transfer/index/IndexLarge.wmv. (30MB
Windows Media).
Product description: InDex is the worlds first commercial
immersive modeling system. We've combined industrial-strength CAD with
an expressive two-handed interface that leverages your natural
dexterity. The key to InDex is a pair of tracked controllers that
allow you to reach into space to grab objects, tools, and the fabric
of space itself.
Company description: Digital ArtForms, Inc. was formed in 1998 to
create new applications and markets based on the two-handed interface.
Other Digital ArtForms products include immersive Landscape Design,
Collaborative Medical Visualization, and the immersive application
toolkit upon which all Digital ArtForms products are based. Digital
ArtForms is located in Los Gatos, California.
Company: Digital Element, Inc.
Booth: 2342
Media Contact: Don McClure
Phone: 510-601-7351
E-mail: Don@digi-element.com
Company URL: www.digi-element.com
Press Kit URL: www.digi-element.com/media
WorldBuilder is a stand-alone 3D modeling and rendering tool for
outdoor environments which has advanced communication with Maya, Max,
Viz, and LightWave, as well as support for most major file formats.
Digital Element's Photoshop plug-in line, Aurora and Verdant, add true
3D effects directly to Photoshop scenes.
Digital Element is an Oakland-based software publisher that
specializes in 3D nature. Digital Element's products: Verdant, Aurora,
and WorldBuilder, set new standards for 3D tools in their power and
value. Digital Element also performs work-for-hire in nature
visualization and render-on-the-fly visualization technology.
Company: EyeTracking, Inc.
Booth: 3521
Media Contact: Sylvia Knust
Investor Relations Contact: James Weatherhead
Phone: 619-594-0370
E-mail: sknust@eyetracking.com
Company URL: www.eyetracking.com
Product description: Understanding how the consumer interacts with
your product is critical in ensuring its success. Our patented methods
determine eye gaze patterns and mental state, taking Human Computer
Interface testing one step further. Now available commercially, this
revolutionary technology will bring a new dimension to your product
development.
Company description: EyeTracking, Inc., founded by Dr. Sandra
Marshall and several colleagues from the Cognitive Ergonomics Research
Facility at San Diego State University, emerged from two decades of
federally funded research in cognition and assessment. ETI was
established in February, 1999 to offer the same technology and
expertise to the commercial sector.
Company: Eyetronics
Booth: 3047
Media Contact: Erin Hatfield
Phone: (919) 481-4599
E-mail: erinh@cramco.com
Company URL: http://www.eyetronics.com/
Product Description: ShapeCam, a digital camera with a specially
designed flash, allows users to freely move around objects of almost
any size, automatically capturing 3D geometry and textures by simply
taking pictures. Photos captured with the portable hardware are
processed and assembled in 3D within Eyetronics' ShapeSnatcher Suite
software.
Company Description: Eyetronics, with corporate offices in Leuven,
Belgium, and Los Angeles, specializes in 3D acquisition systems and
services that enable faster production of 3D models, animation and
special effects. Applications include special effects for movies and
TV, character generation for games, and consumer-oriented products
such as sculptures of scanned people or objects.
Company: Global Digital Creations Holdings Ltd,
Booth: 3514
Media Contact: Raymond D. Neoh
Phone: 852-9430-6421
Company URL: www.gdc-holdings.com/www.gdc-world.com
Product Description: With the CG artists trained by ourselves, GDC
set up the CG production base in Shenzhen, mainland China, the biggest
CG center in Asia. We produce CG movies, TV series, advertisements,
for the domestic and overseas customers Now we are making a movie
called Thru the Moebius Strip which is the first CG feature movie
produced in China and it will be released by the end of 2003.
Company Description: GDC is positioned to be a global leader in
computer graphics content creation and production and leading digital
content and feature film distributor via introduction of proprietary
digital cinema technology into China.
The Company's vision is to build a China-based, world-class
quality CG production team targeting international and domestic
productions and to develop a value chain of digital content
distribution in China using digital cinemas as the distribution
channel.
Company: GraphStream
Booth: 3528
Media Contact: Teri Dunwoody
Phone: 650-906-7061
E-mail: tdunwoody@graphstream.com
Company URL: www.graphstream.com
Press Kit URL: www.graphstream.com/presskit.html
Product Description: The GraphStream Render Server is optimized
for demanding computational tasks in digital media.
The GraphStream Visualization Server is optimized for applications
in oil and gas exploration, defense, medical imaging, and scientific
research.
The GraphStream Design Server supports photorealistic rendering at
interactive rates, for product-design review tasks.
Company Description: GraphStream is a supplier of advanced
computing systems for manufacturing design, digital media, defense,
energy, and scientific computing. Our scalable high-performance visual
computing systems have InfiniBand interconnects, graphics
co-processors, and high-performance storage systems, and work
seamlessly with our customers' existing systems and workflows.
Company: Holoverse, Inc.
Booth: 2547
Media Contact: Dennis J Solomon
Phone: 508 394 9221
E-mail: djssig@holoverse.com
Company URL: www.holoverse.com
Press Kit URL: www.holoverse.com/press.htm
Product description: Developers of the HoloDeck 3D Display
Technology. We research, design and development advanced 3D visual
displays for the medical, scientific, defense, design, and
entertainment fields. Known for our advanced air defense work for the
United State Air Force and Electronic Art exhibited in the Guggenhiem
Museums.
Company Description: Holoverse, Inc. is a small, privately-held
corporation with global reach. In addition to commercial sales, the
Company conducts sponsored research for the United States Government.
Its newest technology represents the first products for the consumer
market and the Company intends form strategic alliances to rapidly
expand.
Company: IMAGEDJ CORPORATION
Booth: 2647
Media Contact: Sabrina Kao
Investor Relations Contact: info@imagedj.com
Phone: +886 2 2751 3131
Company URL: www.imageDJ.com
Product description: Royalty free images.
Company description: Asia's NO. 1, World's leading image provider,
supplying Professional Quality, High-Resolution, Royalty Free images
with Affordable price.
Company: InSpeck
Booth: 3221
Media Contact: Marco Estrela
Investor Relations Contact: Li Song
Phone: 514-284-1101
E-mail: info@inspeck.com
Company URL: www.inspeck.com
Press Kit URL: http://www.inspeck.com/press/kit/kit.asp
Product Description: InSpeck design and manufactures 3D hardware
and software. At Siggraph, InSpeck will be displaying its 3D Mega
Capturor and 3D Mega Half Body now both available with automatic
detection. InSpeck will also be displaying its "sub-surface laser
engraving in crystal" workflow.
Company Description: Montreal-based InSpeck has been a leading
provider of optical 3D digitizers and 3D modeling software since 1994.
Applications for their products include animation, film special
effects, medical imaging, research and electronic games. InSpeck
products are considered a staple for use in applications requiring the
digitizing of humans.
Company: Institute for Simulation & Training at the University of
Central Florida
Booth: 3251
Media Contact: Randall Williams
Investor Relations Contact: Edward Schons
Phone: 407-882-1317
E-mail: rwilliam@ist.ucf.edu
Company URL: www.ist.ucf.edu
Product description: Research into how digital media and
real-world images can be mixed in real time and applied to interactive
entertainment, education and training.
Company description: IST is an internationally recognized research
institute that focuses on advancing modeling and simulation technology
and increasing our understanding of simulation's role in training and
education. IST's Media Convergence Lab explores integrating and
expanding new entertainment technologies with systems already in use
and studies their impact on future simulator requirements.
Company: InterSense, Inc.
Booth: 2347
Media Contact: Dean Wormell
Investor Relations Contact: William Kea
Phone: 781-270-0090
E-mail: info@isense.com
Company URL: http://www.isense.com
Press Kit URL: http://www.isense.com/news/
Product Description: The IS-900 product family is a 6-DOF,
inertial-acoustic motion tracking system used for tracking head, hands
and interactive devices with high precision. The InertiaCubeT product
family is a 3-DOF small, sourceless, orientation tracker. Products
come with SDK, are available with wireless options and can be
configured to track large areas.
Company Description: InterSense is a technology focused company
that provides precision motion tracking technology into a wide range
of applications. InterSense's inertial-based, precision motion
tracking systems are used with flight/vehicle simulators, weapons
training, interactive immersive displays, 3D medical imaging,
augmented/virtual reality and in location-based entertainment.
Company: Journey Education Marketing
Booth: 1707
Media Contact: Barbara Vilanova
Phone: 412/242-0796
E-mail: bvilanova@aol.com
Company URL: JourneyEd.com
Product Description: JourneyEd.com offers more than 6,000 software
and technology products at significant discounts to qualified
students, educators and staff of colleges and K-12 schools. Stop by
our booth to receive information and academic pricing on all your
favorite animation and video products from: Adobe. Alias, Discreet,
Avid, LightWave, Pinnacle and more.
Company Description: Journey Education Marketing, Inc
(JourneyEd.com) is a multi-channel academic software marketer
operating over 1,900 Academic eStores, offering more than 6,000
technology products for vendor, bookstore and school partners. Founded
in 1990, JourneyEd.com manages the online software stores for both
Barnes & Noble College Bookstores and the Follett Higher Education
Group.
COMPANY: ManyOne Network, The
Booth: 2346
Media Contact: Francie Coulter
Phone: 650-544-4957 ext. 19
E-mail: francie.coulter@manyone.net
Company URL: www.manyone.net
Press Kit URL:
www.vpoinc.com/presskit/index.jsp?companyId=1059118186879
Product description: ManyOne offers the ManyOne Universal Browser
and Portal Service, which together transform the user's Internet
experience from flat pages and text into a dazzling, 3D visual
universe of information. Media Machines will showcase Flux*, a
platform for real-time, interactive 3D content based on open Web
standards. GeoFusion will demo tools to build high-performance,
interactive full-globe digital Earth and planetary-based applications.
Company description: ManyOne is creating a next-generation
Internet medium through the ManyOne Universal Browser and Portal
Service. The ManyOne Browser is an open-source Mozilla-based browser
transforming the user's Internet experience from flat pages and text
into a dazzling, 3D visual universe of information. ManyOne's reusable
Web portal service enables organizations to create private-labeled,
world-class portals, complete with ISP services, email, trade, IM, and
more.
Company: Measurand Inc
Booth: 2552
Media Contact: Robin Palmer
Phone: 506.462.9119
E-mail: robin@measurand.com
Company URL: www.measurand.com
Press Kit URL: www.measurand.com/company/presskit.html
Product description: ShapeWrap - Portable Motion Capture System
Mocap anywhere, in and out of the studio - it doesn't matter.
ShapeWrap captures the complete poses and movements of subjects
whether they are in the dark, surrounded by metal, seated or moving,
or completely enclosed in systems (i.e., space suit, plane, tank, car,
etc.). It can be delivered for custom applications, such as MRI.
Company description: Founded in 1993, Measurand has been
developing innovative fiber optic based sensors for a wide variety of
applications and customers. Measurand sensors have gone into outer
space; in cars and on dummies to capture movement during crash tests;
in the ocean to track cables; in MRI environments to measure and
analyze movement; etc. and now making motion portable motion capture.
Company: NEXT LIMIT
Booth: 3347
Media Contact: EDUARDO ZAVALA / VICTOR GONZALEZ
Investor Relations Contact: VICTOR GONZALEZ
Phone: 34 91 510 2202
E-mail: ezavala@nextlimit.com
Company URL: www.nextlimit.com
Press Kit URL: www.nextlimit.com/otherspresskit.htm
Product Description: RealFlow 2, leading software for fluid
simulation, is a physically-based particle system built upon
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques. RealFlow makes use of
real fluid equations in a flexible way to accurately simulate a wide
range of fluids like liquids, gases, and viscous matter (slime, goo,
lava...).
RealWave 2 is a physically-based system which is able to track the
propagation of gravitational waves on a mesh, simulating the surface
of the sea. RealWave 2 will also calculate the buoyancy forces on the
objects and their natural motion.
Company Description: Next Limit goal is to provide the CG market
with the hottest simulation tools. Next Limit have developed a
powerful set of tools for fluid simulation based on real physics.
RealFlow, RealWave and Flowtracer have been acclaimed in the CGI
industry as the state-of-the-art simulation packages (2001 CGW
Innovation Award). Next Limit's 3D software tools have been used
worldwide in the TV, feature film, advertising, research and visual
simulation markets with great success.
Company: nStor Corporation, Inc.
Ticker Symbol: NSO
Booth: 2451
Media Contact: Aaron Dunford
Investor Relations Contact: Thomas Gruber
Phone: 760-683-2500
E-mail: info@nstor.com
Company URL: www.nstor.com
Product description: The NexStor(R) 4300F and 4500F RAID systems use
nStor's 2Gbit Fibre Channel Wahoo RAID controller. These systems
support four independent host connections, volume sharing, 2GB of
dynamically allocated cache, and LUN/Volume expansion. StorView(R) is
nStor's web-based management software that provides a highly intuitive
GUI with local and remote administration capabilities.
Company description: nStor Corporation, headquartered in Carlsbad,
California, is an innovative developer of storage-network based
technology, global storage management software, and turnkey storage
solutions. nStor's value proposition includes the engineering of
high-availability, high-performance, high-reliability data storage
components and solutions, quality ISO 9002 manufacturing, and a
company wide commitment to our customers.
Company: P.I. Engineering
Booth: 2040
Media Contact: Marge Hetherington
Phone: 517-655-5523
E-mail: margeh@ymouse.com
Company URL: http://www.xkeys.com/
Product Description: X-keys Professional Keyboards for Photoshop
and Dreamweaver let the artist focus on the project, not the program.
Easily customized to work with any application from Notepad to Maya.
X-keys adapt to the individual's working methods. 58 key Professional,
20 key Desktop, 16 key Stick, and 3 switch Foot Pedal.
Company Description: P.I. Engineering designs and manufactures
rugged, reliable computer hardware. Serving both global companies and
individual consumers, we maintain our top position by providing
excellent hardware with unparalleled support. Hundreds of thousands of
devices in homes, offices, studios, and laboratories world wide,
establish our reputation as the leader in input solutions.
Company: Polhemus
Booth: 1750
Media contact: John Farr
IR Contact: Al Rodgers
Phone: 802.655.3159
E-mail: sales@polhemus.com
Company URL: www.polhemus.com
Product description: Polhemus has introduced the latest technology
in six-degree-of-freedom tracking products called LIBERTY. The system
is scalable from 4 to 16 sensor channels at 240 updates per second per
sensor. The Polhemus FastSCAN Cobra is a handheld laser scanner which
produces three-dimensional surface measurements of an object. While
scanning instantaneously the object appears on the computer screen.
Company description: Polhemus was founded in 1969, and is now a
privately owned company located in Colchester, VT. Polhemus has been
developing 3D tracking solutions for over 30 years. We pride ourselves
on providing the highest quality 3D motion tracking systems for motion
capture, scanning and overall tracking applications worldwide.
Company: Primera Technology
Booth: 3242
Media Contact: Amie Hoffner
Phone: (763) 457-6676
E-mail: ahoffner@primera.com
Company URL: www.primera.com
Product Description: Bravo Disc Publisher is the world's first and
only integrated CD/DVD duplication and printing system for both Mac
and PC users. Bravo copies and prints 25 discs per job with 2400 dpi
print resolution. Bravo is available in a CD-R version for $1995 MSRP
or DVD-R/CD-R version for $2495 MSRP.
Company Description: Headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota, USA,
Primera Technology, Inc. is a leading developer and manufacturer of
CD-R/DVD-R duplication and printing equipment. Primera's product line
includes the best selling Bravo(tm) Disc Publisher, the Composer(tm)
series of optical disc duplicators, the Signature(R) series CD color
printers, and the Inscripta(tm) Thermal CD Color Printer.
Company: Relic Entertainment Inc
Booth: 1708
Media Contact: Paula Fellbaum
Phone: 604 801-6577 ext 270
E-mail: pfellbaum@relic.com
Company URL: www.relic.com
Product Description: We're Hiring! At Relic, we have an
interesting read on the workplace. We believe that first, and
foremost, you must invest in great employees. The people who come to
Relic have something valuable to bring to the mix. It's a combination
of inspiration, focus, talent, and tenacity... and in our experience,
it's a rare combination. We've been very fortunate. We've attracted
our fair share of the talent pool and it's helped propel us into a
position as one of Canada's premier game development studio.
Company Description: Relic Entertainment Inc. is a leading edge
developer of electronic entertainment software. Relic's debut product
Homeworld, launched in 1999 to near unanimous recognition as one of
the best video games of the year. It won the "Game of the Year" from
PC Gamer and Computer Gaming World's "Strategy Game of the Year."
Homeworld: Cataclysm developed by Barking Dog Studios, followed in
2000 and the Company has recently released Impossible Creatures, a 3D,
Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game set in the 1930s.
Company: Right Hemisphere
Booth: 2539
Media Contact: Mary Alice Krayecki
Investor Relations Contact: Michael Lynch
Phone: 818.557.0003 X 706
E-mail: maryalice.krayecki@righthemisphere.com
Company URL: http://www.righthemisphere.com/
Press Kit URL:
http://www.righthemisphere.com/company/press_releases/index.htm
Product description: Right Hemisphere's Deep Server enterprise
solutions enable non-technical users the ability to search, access,
manipulate and integrate complex graphical data into any
mission-critical business or office application. Other award-winning
software includes Deep Exploration, a 2D/3D graphics file management
and conversion utility, Deep Paint 3D for 3D painting and texturing
and Deep UV for advanced UV mapping.
Company description: Right Hemisphere is a leading provider of
Visual Information Systems (VIS) that enable product development
enterprises to automatically repurpose their existing CAD data for
publication in downstream Product Lifecycle applications such as
technical documentation, manufacturing and maintenance training, bill
of materials and parts management, visual simulation and more.
Company: SPEC/GPC
Media Contact: Erin Hatfield, Bob Cramblitt
Phone: (919) 481-4599
E-mail: erinh@cramco.com, bobc@cramco.com
Company URL: http://www.spec.org/gpc/
Product Description: SPEC/GPC includes two project groups that
produce standardized software for performance evaluation. The
Application Performance Characterization (SPECapc) group works with
software vendors to develop benchmarks based on popular
graphics-intensive applications. The OpenGL Performance
Characterization (SPECopc) group produces SPECviewperf, which measures
3D rendering performance of systems running the OpenGL API.
Company Description: SPEC/GPC is part of the Standard Performance
Evaluation Corp. (SPEC), a non-profit corporation formed to establish,
maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant benchmarks that
can be applied to the newest generation of high-performance computers.
SPEC's membership includes computer hardware and software vendors, and
leading universities and research facilities worldwide.
Company: TGS, Inc.
Booth: 2129
Media Contact: Bill Henderson; 281-633-9990 x12;
bill.henderson@tgs.com
Investor Relations: Mark Teperson; 858-457-5359 x113; markt@tgs.com
Company URL: www.tgs.com
Product description: Open Inventor(tm) from TGS is a widely used
object-oriented, cross-platform 3D graphics API for C++ and Java
developers. Open Inventor allows developers to increase productivity
by reducing time to market and optimizing their development costs and
resources.
amira(r) is a post processing visualization tool which allows
researchers and scientists to perform a variety of tasks related to
scientific computing, including 2D plots, 3D interactive rendering on
2D or 3D meshes, data manipulation, as well as 3D volume rendering and
3D reconstruction.
Company description: TGS, Inc. has 20 years experience and offers
significant expertise with Open Inventor(tm), a hi-level graphics API.
In association with Indeed Visual Concepts, TGS also markets and
supports amira(r), a visualization application allowing customers to
visualize a variety of datasets. TGS also offers consulting services
to assist its clients in developing/implementing custom visualization
products and strategies.
Company: The Future Network
Ticker Symbol: FNET
Booth: 2446
Media contact: Vicki Atkinson
Investor relations contact: Sheena Pittaway
Phone: +44 (0) 1225 442244
E-mail: vicki.atkinson@futurenet.co.uk
Company URL: www.futurenet.co.uk
Press kit URL: www.computerarts.co.uk
Product description: Computer Arts is the world's biggest selling
magazine for digital art, design and animation. Along with its sister
publication 3D World, the only industry specific 3D magazine, both
magazines offer practical advice and inspiration to a worldwide
creative readership.
Company description: The Future Network publishes over 90
specialist magazines in the US, UK, France and Italy with over 80 more
titles published by licensees worldwide. Future produces carefully
targeted magazines for people who share a passion for computing,
creative digital arts and digital photography.
Company: Trinity Animation
Booth: 3143
Media Contact: Jim Lammers
Phone: 816-525-0103
E-mail: jim@trinity3d.com
Company URL: www.trinity3d.com
Product description: SplutterFish will demonstrate Brazil
Rendering System v. 1.2, a major point release featuring distributed
rendering. Greenworks will demonstrate Xfrog 4, a new release of their
popular tree/foliage generation system for 3ds max, Lightwave, Maya
and Cinema4D. NewPlugins.com will demonstrate Vehicle Simulator 1.5, a
comprehensive vehicle dynamics engine for cars, tanks and more.
Company description: Trinity Animation is a reseller and
representative of 3D software producers. At SIGGRAPH 2003, Trinity
Animation will host developers Greenworks (makers of tree creation
software Xfrog) and 3ds max plugin makers Splutterfish (makers of
Brazil renderer) and NewPlugins.com (makers of Vehicle Simulator
dynamics system).
Company: Vancouver Film School
Booth: 3525
Media relations contact: Marty Hasselbach
Phone: 604-685-5808 or 1-800 661-4101
E-mail: admissions@vfs.com
Company URL: www.vfs.com
Vancouver Film School offers internationally acclaimed, one year
diploma programs in Film Production, Acting, Writing, Make-Up,
Interactive Media, 2D Animation, 3D Animation, Broadcast Media, Maya,
Sound Design, and Foundation Visual Art & Design. The power of VFS's
integrated, production based curriculum is demonstrated by the success
of our graduates. Call us toll free from North America at
1-800-661-4101 or visit our website at www.vfs.com.
Company: Visbox, Inc.
Booth: 2650
Media Contact: Paul Rajlich, 217-417-5768, paul@visbox.com
Investor Relations Contact: Albert Khakshour
Phone: 217-649-1020
E-mail: info@visbox.com
Company URL: http://www.visbox.com
Product Description: Visbox Inc's products include the VisBox(TM)
projection-based VR system and the VisWall(TM) high-resolution tiled
display wall. At SIGGRAPH 2003, Visbox Inc will be showing a variety
of applications running on the VisBox, an affordable, turn-key VR
system with head-tracking and stereo display.
Company Description: Founded in April 2000 by members of the
Visualization and Virtual Environments group at the National Center
for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Visbox's continuing mission is
to make high-end display and interaction technologies more affordable
and easier to use.
Company: Z Corporation
Booth: 1719
Media Contact: Karen Kiffney
Phone: 781-852-5005
E-mail: kkiffney@zcorp.com
Company URL: www.zcorp.com
Z Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets the world's
fastest 3D Printers - machines that produce physical prototypes
quickly, easily, and inexpensively from computer-aided design ("CAD")
and other digital data. Z Corp.'s 3D Printers are used by numerous
Fortune 500 companies to make prototypes ranging from toys for market
feedback to fan blades for functional testing. In the same way that
conventional desktop printers provide computer users with a paper
output of their documents, 3D Printers provide 3D CAD users a physical
prototype of real world objects such as a mobile phone, an engine
manifold, or a camera. Z Corporation's prestigious list of over 600
customers worldwide includes: Sony, Fisher-Price, Adidas, Canon,
Kodak, Clorox, NASA, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, BMW, Porsche,
United Technologies, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Harvard, MIT and Yale.
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