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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Stephanie Groswirt
MultiGen-Paradigm Offers Free Vega™ Player ORLANDO, Fla. – November 29, 1999 – MultiGen-Paradigm, Inc. today announced at I/ITSEC in Orlando it is providing the industry with a free, unlicensed Vega viewer for Microsoft Windows NT OpenGL compliant and SGI IRIX systems. The NT version views OpenFlight, FST and VRML file formats, while the Vega Player for IRIX reads all files for which there is an IRIS Performer loader. In offering a free, unlicensed Vega Player, MultiGen-Paradigm is presenting a cost-effective, simple way to view real-time 3D databases. Users will have the unrestricted ability to fly through such databases. MultiGen-Paradigm’s Vega is the most widely used real-time 3D application development environment in the industry. This tool enables customers to preview real-time 3D content quickly within the Vega environment, without having to write code, or to rely on an existing application, or another third-party viewing application. "MultiGen-Paradigm is pleased to provide the industry with the capability to view real-time 3D databases using the Vega Player," said Dave Rolston, president and CEO, MultiGen-Paradigm, Inc. "Our customers have come to depend on quality software from MultiGen-Paradigm, and we are pleased to be able to offer this powerful tool at no cost. We expect that the Vega Player will become the de facto standard for viewing real-time 3D environments." MultiGen-Paradigm is distributing the player on CD to I/ITSEC attendees. The Vega Player may also be downloaded free of charge from the MultiGen-Paradigm Web site, www.multigen-paradigm.com. MultiGen-Paradigm, Inc., which has its headquarters in San Jose, CA, is the leading supplier of realtime 3D software for visual simulation, entertainment, urban simulation, and simulation-based training applications. MultiGen-Paradigm's suite of modeling tools, including MultiGen® II Pro and MultiGen Creator are 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, Inc. 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 Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, the Air Force Research Laboratory, 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. # # # Editor’s Note: Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
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