The ManyOne Network Acquires Media Machines.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 Booth #2346 SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2003 Flux(TM) Technology Suite Will Provide High-Performance, Open-Standard 3D Rendering Engine and Digital Environment Developer Tools to ManyOne Platform and 3D Media Developers Today at SIGGRAPH 2003 (Booth #2346) The ManyOne Network (www.manyone.net), a subscriber-supported global information service creating a new Web-based 3D visual medium to serve the diverse needs of people and organizations throughout the world, announced that it has acquired Media Machines (www.mediamachines.com), a premier provider of technologies for creating real-time, interactive 3D content based on open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced . ManyOne will integrate Media Machines' Flux suite into its pioneering Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and portal service; the combined result enables the development, deployment and distribution of rich and seamless 3D interfaces to Web-based information and a dazzling browsing experience regardless of bandwidth. "We are honored and thrilled with the opportunity to help lead the evolution of 3D standards for the next-generation Web. Flux offers higher performance capabilities and a more rugged and flexible architecture than other technologies available today. Under the leadership of Tony Parisi, we intend to provide an ideal platform for all developers working in the online 3D media industry. Such a platform is particularly important for our network of institutional partners, who are now beginning to create the beautifully rendered 3D portals comprising the advertising-free ManyOne Digital Universe. Over the next decade, their combined efforts will yield a living encyclopedia of over 400,000 subject-focused portals," commented Joseph P. Firmage, chairman and 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. of ManyOne. "Through the evolution of the ManyOne platform, FLUX's rich 3D software application layer will add the power and flexibility needed for this epic endeavor." Media Machines was founded in 1999 by Tony Parisi, one of the original authors of the pioneering 3D Virtual Reality Modeling Language (virtual reality, language) Virtual Reality Modeling Language - (VRML) A draft specification for the design and implementation of a platform-independent language for virtual reality scene description. VRML 1.0 was released on 1995-05-26. http://vrml.org/. Wired. (VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) A 3D graphics language used on the Web. After downloading a VRML page, its contents can be viewed, rotated and manipulated. Simulated rooms can be "walked into." The VRML viewer is launched from within the Web browser. ) and widely recognized as an expert in standards, technologies and emerging markets for interactive rich media. Parisi is currently co-editor of the X3D X3D Next Generation Three Dimensional X3D Extensible Three Dimensional specification, the successor to VRML as the ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. open standard for 3D graphics on the Web. Parisi will join ManyOne as senior vice president and fellow, Media Technologies and Developer Programs, and continue to lead the development of Flux and open standards for 3D. "Flux's advanced capabilities complement ManyOne's pioneering caching technology, ground-breaking browser navigation system A GPS-based electronic system in a car or truck that provides a real time map of the vehicle's current location as well as step-by-step directions to a programmed destination. See GPS and vehicle tracking. and unique business model to deliver on the computer industry's most elusive promise to date: a truly immersive, rich-media interface to the Web regardless of bandwidth," said Media Machines President Tony Parisi. "Flux frees programmers and content creators from the low-level details of 3D development, allowing them to focus on building the industrial-strength applications and 3D portals that will comprise the next-generation Web." The Flux technology suite is comprised of components for developing and deploying interactive real-time 3D graphics via the Web. These components include the Flux Engine, an extensible system for managing the low-level details of 3D graphics rendering and animation; Flux Web, a set of utilities for supporting Web applications, including X3D and VRML97 file readers and application programming interfaces (APIs); and the Flux Media Player, a Web browser-hosted ActiveX control A software module based on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) architecture. It enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of the program. that loads Flux scenes, provides user-level navigation features and connects to other Web page elements via XML/DOM scripting. FLUX Version 1.0 for Windows is in its final beta release See beta version. and will ship in August. At SIGGRAPH 2003, ManyOne will preview its breakthrough technology platform and tools which will provide a global distribution network for developers interested in building and publishing photo-realistic, rich-media content in a new 3D medium being touted as "Web 2.0." ManyOne currently employs Macromedia's Flash(TM) and Director(TM) to create the rich media and 3D spaces that comprise the ManyOne Digital Universe. Future versions of ManyOne's browser will include support for FLUX and Open GL. 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 -- with the Internet's first "visual" navigation system -- which uses icons based on Nature to navigate 3D content portals. The ManyOne Universal Browser is powered by the ManyOne Universal Portal Service, which will allow partners to create revenue-generating, private-labeled portals for their members, complete with services such as Internet access See how to access the Internet. , e-mail, Universal Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , news and content feeds, and transaction-fee-free auction and barter. About Media Machines (www.mediamachines.com) Media Machines was founded in 1999 to provide business planning, business development and technology consulting services. Its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. is Flux, the premier platform for developing high performance, real time, network-aware 3D rich media applications. It provides commercial software developers and content creators with the runtime support necessary to create real-time animations, virtual worlds, physical simulations, information spaces and advanced user interfaces that can be deployed on desktops and mobile devices, in Web pages or as components of larger applications. Media Machines was founded by Tony Parisi, co-creator of the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) and Extensible 3D (X3D), the ISO standards This is a list of ISO standards that are discussed in Wikipedia articles. For a list of all the more than 16,000 ISO standards (as of 2007), see the ISO Catalogue. About 300 of the standards produced by ISO and IEC's Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC1) have been made freely/publicly for 3D graphics on the World Wide Web. About ManyOne (www.manyone.net) ManyOne will soon introduce 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 that is free from ads. ManyOne's reusable Web portal See portal. service enables non-profit organizations, companies and even individuals to create private-labeled, world-class portals, complete with ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. services, e-mail, trade, and Instant Messaging within a matter of days and offer this functionality to their constituencies via subscriptions, transforming their Web sites into revenue generators. ManyOne is a privately held, for-profit company that will become wholly owned by the non-profit ManyOne Foundation in 2004. The company and the Foundation are pioneering a new standard of social responsibility in organizational governance, objectives, and conduct. The ManyOne Foundation is guided by the Earth Charter, a roadmap of principles for a just and sustainable world. The ManyOne Foundation's Board of Directors includes social leaders such as Jane Goodall, Paul Hawken, and Maurice Strong. To download the Beta version of the ManyOne Browser, please visit www.manyone.net. ManyOne is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. ManyOne can be reached at 650-357-1560 or online at http://www.manyone.net. |
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