From: Don Tuite Subject: ANNOUNCE: Immersive music tools demonstrated at SIGGRAPH Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 09:59:20 -0700 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Editorial Contacts: Christian Greuel, 415/462-5830 Matthew Schmidt, Wendy Lewis Niko Bolas, 212/397-0767 FS Communications Fakespace Music 415/691-1488 NEW VIRTUAL REALITY-BASED ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCES WILL DEBUT AT SIGGRAPH '95 Immersive Music, Video Experiences Created Using New 'Tools For Virtual Worlds' Shown In Soundscapes Entertainment Project, A Part of Interactive Entertainment Hall Menlo Park, Calif. -- August 2, 1995 -- Technologies that provide artists and entertainers with tools for incorporating virtual reality into creative works will be demonstrated by Fakespace Music in the Interactive Entertainment Hall (Booth E-15) at Siggraph '95, from August 6 - 11. Produced by Fakespace to demonstrate how Virtual Reality can fulfill its promise as a tool for aesthetic expression and entertainment, the Soundscapes Entertainment Project illustrates the potential of two new products, the SoundSculpt Toolkit and Third Dimension Video. The SoundSculpt Toolkit links the worlds of music and virtual reality to create unique audio/visual experiences. Third Dimension Video adds depth to traditional video images using innovative stereoscopic video techniques. Fakespace Music, an operating group within Fakespace, Inc., is making both technologies available to producers and artists in traditional music and emerging electronic entertainment markets. The SoundSculpt Toolkit extracts cues from recorded music to create geometry and control object behaviors within a virtual world. Virtual objects respond in sync with the music, creating a rich, multi-sensory experience. Using SoundSculpt, which is based on Silicon Graphics (R) Performer (tm), Christian Greuel created a world called "Vacuii." This piece is being presented at Siggraph '95, using a Fakespace Boom 3C (tm) high-resolution stereoscopic viewer and Silicon Graphics Onyx (tm) RealityEngine2 (tm). "These tools allow directors and designers to develop visually active, immersive environments that merge three-dimensional models with sound," said Greuel, a designer with Fakespace Music. "It's like nothing ever seen before, a music video where the user is completely immersed and free to explore a world generated by the music." Examples of Third Dimension Video will be presented using Immersive Entertainment Kiosks, which are ideal for public venues such as entertainment centers or record stores. These kiosks combine high-resolution stereoscopic imagery and stereo audio in ruggedized, fixed viewing stations. Members of the media are invited to visit the Soundscapes Entertainment Project, in Booth E-15 and experience "Surreality" for themselves. Details on exhibit hours, and production credits, are listed below. ________________________________________ Soundscapes Entertainment Project ACM SIGGRAPH '95 Interactive Entertainment Hall - Booth E-15 Los Angeles Convention Center Sunday, August 6 -- 5 pm - 7 pm Mon - Tues, August 7 - 8 -- 9 am - 7 pm Wed - Thurs, August 9 - 10 -- 9 am - 6 pm Friday, August 11-- 9 am - 1 pm _________________________________________ PRODUCTION NOTES People Mark T. Bolas, Producer -- Fakespace, Inc. Niko Bolas, Producer -- Fakespace Music Christian Greuel, Visual Design -- Fakespace Music Ian McDowall, Software Design -- Fakespace, Inc. Wyatt Smith, Video Production -- Sony Music Studios, NY Technology SoundSculpt Toolkit -- Fakespace Music Video Production Facilities -- Sony Music Studios, NY Video Delivery System -- Sony Corp., NY Audio Hardware -- Westwood Music, LA BOOM 3C -- Fakespace, Inc. Immersive Stereo Viewers -- Fakespace, Inc. Onyx Reality Engine2 -- Silicon Graphics, Inc. Performer(tm) -- Silicon Graphics, Inc. MultiGen -- MultiGen, Inc. Credits "Vacuii" -- MUSIC: Praxis, "Transmutation", Axiom/Island Records, produced by Bill Laswell "N.Y. Dance" -- DANCERS: Niahal "Flipper" Hope, Anastasia Athos MUSIC: Heavy Metal Classics, "Prince Igor", Angel Records "Phlor-X" -- DANCER: Candace Bailey MUSIC: Morphine, "Honey White", Rykodisc Records CHOREOGRAPHY: Diane Bidermann WARDROBE: Jill M. Davis LIGHTING: Jocelyn Smith GRIP: Leffert Carol Thanks to Sony Music Studios, NY and to Westwood Music, LA Additional Support: David Eggleston, Les Hsu, Eric Lorimer, Russell Mead, Jim Stringer, Susan Tabrizi # # # Trademark Data: Fakespace Music, BOOM 3C, Immersive Entertainment Kiosks, Immersive Stereo Viewers, Soundscapes, SoundSculpt Toolkit, Surreality and Third Dimension Video are trademarks of Fakespace, Inc. Silicon Graphics is a registered trademark, Onyx Reality Engine2 and Performer are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. MultiGen is a trademark of MultiGen Inc. [MODERATOR'S NOTE: Commercial postings are offered on this newsgroup as a public service. Their appearance here does not indicate endorsement by the moderators or by the USENET or its administrators.]