From news@mhafc.production.compuserve.com Wed May 31 14:20:59 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA23105; Wed, 31 May 95 14:20:59 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA03438; Wed, 31 May 95 14:20:50 -0700 Received: from relay4.UU.NET (relay4.UU.NET [192.48.96.14]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA23051 for ; Wed, 31 May 1995 14:20:44 -0700 Received: from mhafc.production.compuserve.com by relay4.UU.NET with SMTP id QQysdm08361; Wed, 31 May 1995 16:37:45 -0400 Received: (from news@localhost) by mhafc.production.compuserve.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id QAA25177; Wed, 31 May 1995 16:37:40 -0400 To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: news From: "E.W. Costello" <70720.2576@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: FIRST 6DOF TRACKER UNDER $1000 Date: 31 May 1995 20:37:39 GMT Organization: via CompuServe Information Service Lines: 60 Message-Id: <3qik2j$oeg$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> Status: OR PRESS RELEASE FOR RELEASE MAY 22, 1995 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: E.W. COSTELLO Ex 238 OR KIM JENNINGS Ex 240 POLHEMUS ANNOUNCES THE FIRST VR TRACKER UNDER $1,000 San Jose, CA: Today, at "VR WORLD '95" here, Polhemus shook-up the VR industry with the announcement of a dramatic new price point for 6 DoF trackers. The company announced that effective May 24, 1995 the INSIDETRAK would have a list price of $999. This widely used tracker previously had a list price of $2,250. This new price makes INSIDETRAK the first true 6 Degree-of-Freedom tracker to be priced under $1,000. Polhemus is the pioneer in 3D position/orientation sensing devices, commonly called trackers. The company has been in business for over 25 years and holds many patents on the technology used in this area. Polhemus devices are in most of the VR systems sold throughout the world. INSIDETRAK is a tracker on a PC board that plugs into an ISA slot in any computer. The system can support up to two "receivers". These receivers tell the computer where the individual using the VR system is looking, and/or, in which direction they would like to move. When INSIDETRAK was introduced two years ago, the industry quickly adapted it as the standard. Philip G. Cooper, President of Polhemus, said "This is the next phase of Polhemus' commitment to maintaining its leadership position in the VR industry. The tremendous success of the INSIDETRAK has allowed us to reduce our costs and we have decided to pass these savings on to our customers." Mr. Cooper went on to say "Polhemus believes that the VR industry is on the verge of extraordinary growth and that lowering total system cost is key to that success. We feel it is our obligation as the industry leader to do whatever we can to help our customers bring down those costs." INSIDETRAK is a proven product that has been shipping in volume for two years. It uses Polhemus' patented low-frequency magnetic transducing technology, so there is no need to worry about maintaining a clear line-of-sight between receiver and transmit- ter. Polhemus has eliminated the problem of signal blocking and interference that distort other devices. The basic configuration includes a standard transmitter and one receiver, and lists for $999. A second receiver can be ordered for $250. If the applica tion requires a large working area, the amazing LONG RANGER transmitter can be ordered as an option. When combined with INSIDETRAK, LONG RANGER provides a working area of more than 908 sq ft. ###