From marc@remarque.berkeley.edu Mon Sep 26 13:38:58 1994 Date: 16 May 1994 07:47:07 GMT From: Marc DeGroot To: sci-virtual-worlds@agate.berkeley.edu Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Meme press release For Immediate Release May 9, 1994 (San Francisco)--Immersive Systems, Inc. announces the availability of Meme(tm), a development system for virtual world software. Meme is specifically intended for the development of networked multi-user virtual worlds. Meme uses the popular TCP/IP suite of computer networking protocols and is ready for use on the Information Superhighway. Meme stores virtual objects in modules that contain executable code and data. The modules are designed to be interoperable and will behave identically on any computer platform running Meme. Modules can be saved to disk and transmitted over the network. Meme is now available for DOS. It runs on PC-compatible (80386 or better) computers with a math coprocessor, VGA, and at least 8 MB of RAM. It produces real-time 3-D computer graphics at up to 50,000 polygons per second. Future releases of Meme will be ported to other microcomputer platforms and high-end graphics workstations. Meme uses the RenderWare(tm) graphics library from Criterion Software Ltd. Meme supports Logitech's CyberMan(tm) and will have support for Creative Labs' SoundBlaster(tm) (Q3 '94). Custom I/O drivers can be written for Meme. Meme can be configured to support either desktop or immersive VR. The alpha release of Meme is now available to qualified developers. Marc de Groot, CEO of Immersive Systems, says, "The timing couldn't be better. Just as the Information Superhighway is becoming available to the average citizen, Meme makes it possible to build a shared virtual universe on the net. Are you ready for the colonization of Cyberspace? Meme is the tool that will let you make it happen." E-mail inquiries to immersive@kg6kf.ampr.org or contact: Immersive Systems, Inc., 4487 23rd St. # 2, San Francisco, CA 94114. Telephone: +1 415 641 VR4U Meme is a trademark of Immersive Systems, Inc. RenderWare is a trademark of Canon Inc. CyberMan is a trademark of Logitech Inc. SoundBlaster is a trademark of Creative Labs, Inc. -- Marc de Groot (KG6KF) San Francisco | "Software is neither science nor Internet: marc@kg6kf.ampr.org | engineering. It's really an UUCP: ..!uunet!hoptoad!noe!marc | obscure form of poetry." Packet radio: KG6KF @ K3MC |