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FOR RELEASE August 12, 2001 ELUMENS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SPI-API FOR LOS ANGELES, CA August 12, 2001 - Elumens Corporation announces the availability of its Spherical Projection Images (SPI) for MultiGen-Paradigm Vega applications running on SGI IRIX and Windows NT systems. The SPI-API allows users to more quickly and easily configure the VisionStation directly through the Vega LynX GUI. The Elumens SPI-API for Vega on SGI IRIX and Windows NT is available on CD ROM with the purchase of all Elumen's VisionStations and downloadable from the MultiGen-Paradigm website. The Elumens SPI-API for Vega is used to provide distortion correction for the curvature of the VisionStation's hemispherical screen surface. It will provide Vega users with the ability to set the hemispherical projection variables necessary to display a full, distortion free, 180 degree field of view (FOV) on any Elumens VisionStation dome surface. Users will have full control to turn distortion correction on or off depending on the type of display used (flat screen or dome). "Vega is an extremely powerful software environment for real-time application development, and the VisionStation is the only display platform available to deliver a fully immersive 180 degree FOV from a single display channel, with a single projector and lens. The results of our joint initiative will be especially attractive to developers, integrators and users in the Simulation and Training and high end Engineering markets since a large percentage of this community use Vega to develop and deploy their real-time visualization applications," said Gordon Galloway, Elumens' vice President of marketing and business development. "Working with Elumens, we can offer our customers a display configuration solution that helps them minimize the time it takes to view their Vega applications on the Elumens' VisionStation. The SPI-API for Vega will help improve our customers' productivity," said Chris Hawkins, vice president worldwide sales and marketing at MultiGen-Paradigm, Inc. About Elumens Contact for Elumens : About MultiGen-Paradigm MultiGen-Paradigm, a Computer Associates company, which has its headquarters in San Jose, Calif., is the leading supplier of realtime 3D software for visual simulation, urban simulation/GIS, entertainment and simulation-based training applications. MultiGen-Paradigm's suite of modeling tools, including MultiGen Creator™ is used to create 3D objects and scenes for use in realtime applications. The company defines and supports OpenFlight®, the industry-standard realtime 3D scene description database format. MultiGen-Paradigm is also a world leader in visual and audio simulation, sensor and IR solutions, dome-based simulation, and virtual reality products for use on SGI's™ IRIX® and Windows NT® workstations. Vega and AudioWorks2 are recognized as the premier software for development of these applications. MultiGen-Paradigm's Services Groups develop custom large area databases, realtime applications and turnkey image generator systems. MultiGen-Paradigm's customers include the US Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, the Air Force Research Laboratory, US Navy Man Flight Simulator, US Army, Bergmann Associates, Bechtel Engineering, Krauss Maffei, the Israeli Air Force, British Aerospace, Disney Imagineering, Full Sail, LEGO A/S, Nintendo Company Ltd. and Sony Interactive Entertainment. Further information about MultiGen-Paradigm and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.multigen-paradigm.com/. Contact for MultiGen-Paradigm :
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