Viewpoint Wins Three Awards in Web3D RoundUP At SIGGRAPH 2001.Business/High Tech 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 2001 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2001 Electricity in California might be scarce these days but there was no shortage of energy at the Web3D RoundUP held recently at SIGGRAPH. The annual Web 3D RoundUP is a fierce competition of the latest 3D technologies and applications in the industry. Viewpoint Corporation (Nasdaq:VWPT), a leader in digital marketing technologies and services, became the first company in the history of the competition to take home three of the seven prestigious "Golden Lasso" awards. At SIGGRAPH 2001, the sixth annual Web3D RoundUP showcased the best of Web3D technology to a technically discriminating audience in a fast-paced entertaining format. Thirty of over one hundred leading 3D tool and content developers at SIGGRAPH were selected to demonstrate their technologies to over 2400 voters. Using noisemakers and toy launchers, the merciless audience voted on the best technologies demonstrated. Amongst the thirty presenters were companies such as: Cycore, Pulse Entertainment, WildTangent, Macromedia, Discreet, Disney and Softimage. More information on the Web3D RoundUP can be found at www.web3droundup.org. "The competition was fiercer than ever at this year's Web3D RoundUP," said Timothy Childs Timothy Childs (1785 - November 8, 1847) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Childs moved to Rochester, New York. He was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1811. He studied law. Web3D Industry Veteran and producer of the Web3D RoundUP. "Within the growing Web3D marketplace, Viewpoint has clearly defined themselves as a leader and a technology powerhouse, by scooping up three of the seven Golden Lassos this year." Viewpoint's Vice President of Strategy, Dmitry Paperny, gave the three-minute presentation, which was packed with demonstrations of the Viewpoint Media Player's comprehensive integration of multiple media types. Flash(TM)-compatibility was shown in an advertising demo of a 3D model of the Sony Vaio laptop, with Flash movies running in the background, foreground and directly on the screen of the laptop. The recently released ZoomView technology and beta feature, HyperView, were also demonstrated in various advertising and promotional examples. For the first time, 3D models like the Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France—cycling's most prestigious race—seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. Watch done for Nike, broke through the boundaries of the Web page and appeared floating, full screen over the desktop. Other demos, like a high resolution, zoomable photograph of a tea set, expanded outside of the 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. to reveal amazing detail not normally available in Web photographs. In an article written Tuesday, August 21, for The Wall Street Journal Online, reporter Melinda Patterson Grenier commented, "Viewpoint demonstrated several new types of online advertisements, including a banner ad A graphic image used on Web sites to advertise a product or service. Banner ads come in numerous sizes, but are often rectangles 460 pixels wide by 60 pixels high. Also 460 x 55 and 392 x 72 sizes are commonly used. with a bright red Dodge Durango The Dodge Durango is an SUV from Chrysler's Dodge brand. It debuted in the 1998 model year and was redesigned for 2004. It fills the gap in the Dodge lineup since the cancellation of the Dodge Ramcharger in 1993. sport-utility vehicle sport-u·til·i·ty vehicle n. Abbr. SUV A four-wheel-drive vehicle with a roomy body, designed for off-road travel. that drove out of the banner and around the computer desktop -- a feat that caused the hall to erupt into a prolonged round of cheers and whizzles." To read the article in its entirety, visit www.wsj.com. "If the Web3D RoundUP were the Tony(R) Awards, then Viewpoint would be the equivalent of 'The Producers'," said Dmitry Paperny, Vice President of Strategy for Viewpoint Corporation. "The Web3D industry is a growing and vital market, and the Web3D RoundUP is where the future leaders Future Leaders is a UK schools-led charitable organisation that aims to widen the pool of talented leaders especially for urban challenging secondary schools. It was founded in March 2006 by Nat Wei, a former founder of Teach First. are made. We are honored to have a forum for our achievements." About Viewpoint Corporation Viewpoint is a leading provider of digital marketing technologies and services. Viewpoint licenses its proprietary technologies for e-commerce initiatives and provides a full range of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for implementing enhanced digital rich media marketing solutions that integrate online advertising, promotions and e-mail strategies. The Company is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with offices in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Tokyo. Visit the Viewpoint Web site at http://www.viewpoint.com. This press release contains "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 and similar expressions that reflect Viewpoint's current expectations about its future performance, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause Viewpoint's actual performance to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. For information about these and other risks, uncertainties and factors, please review the disclosure contained in the Company's filings and reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Viewpoint and Viewpoint Experience Technology are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Viewpoint Corporation in the United States and / or other countries. Macromedia and Flash are trademarks or registered trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. in the United States and / or other countries. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2001 Viewpoint Corporation. All rights reserved. |
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