From PIERRE@division.demon.co.uk Thu Oct 20 02:43:06 1994 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.4/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA29131; Thu, 20 Oct 94 02:43:06 -0700 Received: from post.demon.co.uk by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA23751; Thu, 20 Oct 94 02:43:01 -0700 Received: from division.demon.co.uk by post.demon.co.uk id aa17467; 20 Oct 94 10:18 GMT-60:00 Received: from charon by division.demon.co.uk (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA11990; Thu, 20 Oct 1994 10:10:04 +0100 Received: From GEORGE/WORKQUEUE by charon.division.demon.co.uk via Charon-4.0-VROOM with IPX id 100.941020084800.672; 20 Oct 94 09:21:48 +500 Message-Id: From: Pierre duPont To: ukvrsig@mailbase.ac.uk, diderot@hitl.washington.edu, pcmike@aol.com, avatarp@well.sf.ca.us, scivw@u.washington.edu, scivwa@media.mit.edu, PCVR@fullfeed.com, sgerencser@delphi.com, 100071.116@compuserve.com, stearman@world.std.com, kaugust@caip.rutgers.edu Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 08:47:53 BST Subject: (Fwd) COMMERCIAL: Division & VWE Press Release Reply-To: schiffd@division.com, dupontp@division.demon.co.uk X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail/Windows (v1.11a) Priority: A Status: OR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Virtual World Entertainment Signs OEM Agreement with Division First Order of Division's VPX graphics cards worth more than $2 million CHAPEL HILL, N.C., October 17, 1994 -- Under a recently signed agreement, Division will provide its VPX graphics boards to Virtual World Entertainment, Inc(tm) (VWE) for use in location-based entertainment centers around the world. VWE's initial order of VPX boards is worth more than $2 million. The VPX board is an image generator based on Pixel-Planes(tm) technology licensed by Division from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The boards will allow VWE to create 3D games with interactive response times and a high level of visual realism. VWE has 16 Virtual World centers in America and Japan, with an additional 10 sites scheduled to open worldwide next year. The centers provide fully immersive virtual reality experiences, where players climb into individual cockpits and compete against one another in the virtual worlds of their choice. "Division's VPX boards will make it possible for our venues to offer the player an enthralling experience," says Jordan Weisman, VWE's president. "Division's advanced hardware and their software experience will help us to meet the challenging requirements for our next generation of centers." Division's CEO Charles Grimsdale sees VWE's venues "as a major step forward in entertainment, bringing a competitive gaming environment to players demanding more immersive experiences. We are very pleased to be able to work with a company recognized as the leader in this exciting market." "Furthermore, the agreement is consistent with our strategy of leveraging our core technologies as widely as possible, while continuing to provide virtual reality solutions for end users in the industrial and professional markets," added Mr. Grimsdale. Division's PC-based VPX board incorporates massively parallel rendering technology that generates 150,000 texture-mapped polygons per second and has a screen-fill performance of more than 900 megapixels per second. It is available as a board that can be integrated into an original equipment manufacturer's (OEM's) PC platform or as a fully configured development platform called ProVision Merlin, which includes Intel's Pentium processor, VPX graphics cards, and software development tools. ProVision Merlin is a complete solution for developing location-based entertainment games. The Division Group of companies specializes in providing virtual reality technology, products, and services for professional virtual reality applications. Headquartered in Bristol, UK, Division has US offices in Chapel Hill, NC, San Diego, Calif., and Redwood City, Calif., as well as offices and distributors worldwide. Its shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange. Prominent Division customers include Gulfstream, McDonnell Douglas, VWE, NASA, Nynex, DoD, Glaxo, Matsushita, GEC, British Telecom, GTE and Sandia National Laboratories. For more information, contact: Pierre duPont, Division Ltd, Bristol, UK +44 454 615554 Doug Schiff, Division Inc, Chapel Hill, NC +1 919 968-7797 Jordan Weisman, Virtual World Entertainment, Chicago, IL +1 312 243-6515 ============================================================= email: dupontp@division.demon.co.uk Pierre duPont phone: +44 454 615554 Marketing Director fax: +44 454 615532 Division Limited 19 Apex Court, Woodlands, Almondsbury, Bristol BS12 4JT UK