From: "R.Hollands" Subject: ANNOUNCE: Superscape VR Viewer for Silicon Graphics Workstations Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 13:33:49 +0100 Message-ID: NEWS RELEASE; Wednesday 10 July 1996 VIRTUAL REALITY VIEWER FOR SILICON GRAPHICS WORKSTATIONS - NOW SHIPPING - Photographs available: please call Maggie Templeman on +44 (0)1256 745745 Superscape VR plc announces that the Visualiser for Silicon graphics, a new virtual reality tool for viewing real-time, PC-authored three- dimensional applications on SG UNIX workstations, is now shipping. For a special introductory period, the product is priced at =A31,200. Visualiser for Silicon Graphics systems is a platform on which businesses and developers creating real-time three-dimensional virtual worlds using Superscape's PC-based authoring tool, VRT 4, can view their applications utilisng the superior rendering capabilities and high quality visualisation of Silicon Graphics workstations running IRIX operating system version 5.3 or later. "Coupling these leading VR technologies offers businesses and developers a new cross-platform solution for virtual reality application development", said Linda Jacobson, virtual reality evangelist for Silicon Graphics. "Businesses that need superior rendering capabilities and advanced real-time visualisation can now view PC-based solutions on Silicon Graphics hardware". Viewing virtual worlds through Visualiser for Silicon Graphics greatly enhances the experience of the virtual reality application. Subtle lighting, textured shading and faster rendering capabilities available through Visualiser for Silicon Graphics give the user a more realistic virtual reality experience than previously possible. Other features of Visualiser for Silicon graphics include over forty different world navigation styles, 3D animation, configurable haze, fog and smoke effects and anti-aliasing which is used to smooth jagged lines and polygon edges. For further information, please contact: Maggie Templeman (Media Relations Manager) Superscape VR plc Cromwell House, Bartley Wood Business Park Hook, Hampshire RG27 9XA, UK Tel: +44 1256 745745 Fax: +44 1256 745777 Email: mtemplem@superscape.com WWW: http://www.supercsape.com Dr Robin Hollands Dept. AC&SE, Sheffield University, Mappin St., Sheffield, S1 4DU, UK Tel: +44 (0)114 2825186 / 2335622 Fax: +44 (0)114 2731729 Email: r.hollands@sheffield.ac.uk URL: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~vrmbg/staff/rjh/rjh.html [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.]