From root@nntp1.u.washington.edu Wed Nov 2 09:33:07 1994 Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA11630; Wed, 2 Nov 94 09:33:07 -0800 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA03323; Wed, 2 Nov 94 09:33:05 -0800 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA24543; Wed, 2 Nov 1994 09:30:03 -0800 Received: from nntp1.u.washington.edu (nntp1.u.washington.edu [140.142.64.2]) by beaver.cs.washington.edu (8.6.9/7.1be+) with SMTP id JAA13443 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 1994 09:32:47 -0800 Return-Path: Received: by nntp1.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.4/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA13930; Wed, 2 Nov 94 09:34:37 -0800 X-Sender: root@nntp1.u.washington.edu To: sci-virtual-worlds@june.cs.washington.edu Path: cyberoid From: cyberoid@u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: INDUSTRY: Worldesign exhibits virtual worlds for utility DSS Date: 2 Nov 1994 17:34:36 GMT Organization: WORLDESIGN, Seattle Lines: 53 Message-Id: <398ijc$dj7@nntp1.u.washington.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: stein1.u.washington.edu Status: OR PRESS RELEASE Contact: Bob Jacobson or Chet Dagit, For Immediate Release Worldesign Inc., 206-781-5253 November 1, 1994 WORLDESIGN INC. PARTNERS WITH PUGET POWER TO DEMONSTRATE VIRTUAL DISPLAY FOR DECISION SUPPORT LAS VEGAS -- Next week's joint annual meeting of the American Gas Association and the Edison Electric Institute will feature a unique demonstration and practical use for virtual worlds: to display in three dimensions the outputs from sophisticated geospatial decision support systems (DSS) used by electric and other utilities. Worldesign Inc., a Seattle-based software development house, and Puget Sound Power & Light Corp., Bellevue, Wash., are partnering in this demonstration, which will take place at the Las Vegas Hilton, November 5-8, during AGA/EEI conference show-floor hours. Puget Power's software subsidiary, Tellus, is contributing to the demonstration its breakthrough product, the Automated Electric Plat Design (AEPD) software, which reduces the time for designing new residential electrical systems from around 30 hours to 30 minutes. Worldesign is taking the output from the AEPD and representing it in three dimensions, in real-time, as it might be used by electric utilities to show real-estate developers, local planners, and future residents the proposed location of electrical components. Other fixtures, like underground cable for telephone and cable television, and pipes for natural gas and water utilities, can be similarly represented. Attendees at the AGA/EEI conference will be able to see the AEPD at work and simultaneously "tour" the residential neighborhood on which Puget's engineers are working. Puget Power is the largest and fastest-growing private electric utility in the Pacific Northwest. Tellus, its subsidiary, is a leading supplier of utility management and DSS software to the electric utility industry. Worldesign is developing ways of combining virtual worlds technology with geospatial DSS and GIS (geographic information systems) to make these systems more effective and easier to use. The demonstration is also planned to be shown at the Mecklermedia Virtual Reality '94 conference in New York City, November 29-December 1, 1994; and at next year's AM/FM International conference, the utility industry's leading software product showcase. An account of the project is featured as a cover story in the December 1994 issue of GIS WORLD. From root@nntp1.u.washington.edu Tue Feb 14 01:56:01 1995 Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA10780; Tue, 14 Feb 95 01:56:01 -0800 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA27338; Tue, 14 Feb 95 01:56:01 -0800 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA29201; Tue, 14 Feb 1995 01:51:58 -0800 Received: from nntp1.u.washington.edu (root@nntp1.u.washington.edu [140.142.64.2]) by beaver.cs.washington.edu (8.6.9/7.1be+) with SMTP id BAA03570 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 1995 01:55:38 -0800 Return-Path: Received: by nntp1.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA22300; Tue, 14 Feb 95 01:55:45 -0800 X-Sender: root@nntp1.u.washington.edu To: sci-virtual-worlds@june.cs.washington.edu Path: cyberoid From: cyberoid@u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Worldesign partners with Puget Power on 3D visualizer Date: 14 Feb 1995 09:55:44 GMT Organization: Worldesign Inc., Seattle Lines: 31 Message-Id: <3hpun0$lop@nntp1.u.washington.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: stein1.u.washington.edu Status: OR As featured in a cover story in the December 1994 GIS WORLD and subsequently in the PUGET SOUND BUSINESS JOURNAL, Worldesign Inc. has partnered with Puget Sound Power & Light Co.'s software subsidiary, Tellus, to create a 3D visualizer for electric power systems and similar above- and underground constructions. The Worldesign software converts complicated outputs from Tellus's industry-leading utility management software into easily understood lifelike representations of subdivisions, power networks, and so forth. An early version of the Worldesign software was featured at the November American Gas Association/Edison Electric Institute joint conference in Las Vegas, in November 1994; and in an interactive form will be shown at the AM/FM International conference, in Baltimore, in March 1995. (AM/FM stands for Automated Mapping & Facilities Management. AM/FM International is the "Siggraph" of the electric power industry.) Worldesign is in the process of obtaining a patent for its novel software product. We entertain expressions of interest from power companies and others involved in the design and construction of power systems and the built environment generally. Bob Jacobson Worldesign Inc. Seattle