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Fakespace Announces A New Large-Scale Display System For Group Collaboration And Design Applications Immersive WorkWall™ Displays High-Resolution Stereoscopic Imagery With Dimensional Accuracy, Interactivity, Aesthetically Pleasing Design Mountain View, CA - March 17, 1999 - Fakespace, Inc. today introduced the Immersive WorkWall™, the newest addition to the company’s family of virtual WorkSpace™ products. Scalable to a seamless display area as large as 8 by 24 feet, this flat screen rear-projection display system supports interactive stereoscopic viewing of large-scale computer-generated visualizations, simulations and prototypes. The Immersive WorkWall is designed for extremely accurate viewing and manipulation of two-dimensional (2D) and stereoscopic models in applications such as product design and virtual prototyping, and for scientific data analysis and geophysical exploration. Designed with input from customers in the automotive and oil and gas industries, the highly functional and aesthetically designed Immersive WorkWall enables automotive designers to work with full-size digital prototypes and it enables geophysicists to collaborate in the review of thousands of square miles of detailed seismic data. "The Immersive WorkWall is an important tool for engineers, industrial designers and researchers working with high performance visual computing," said Linda Jacobson, virtual reality evangelist and RealityCenter product marketing manager at Silicon Graphics, Inc. "It provides a crisp, dimensionally accurate, large-scale display with seamless imagery across the screen surface. The physical design of the system itself is a reflection of Fakespace’s commitment to quality, reliability and aesthetics." For maximum functionality, Fakespace designed a number of special features into the Immersive WorkWall. A Quick Swap™ railing system enables a single person to easily replace an offline projector in just five minutes. The Feather Edge™ screen surround system uses a physical setback to enhance the illusion of depth, and Anti-Fatigue™ raised flooring increases user comfort during long work sessions standing in front of the wall. The Immersive WorkWall includes Fakespace’s powerful VLIB™ (Virtual Library) software, which enables interactivity with 3D visualizations and assures their dimensional accuracy. VLIB includes device drivers and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that interface with 3D modeling and simulation applications and enable stereo viewing, head tracking, and interactive functionality. A variety of interactive devices can be used for intuitive manipulation of the 3D visualizations displayed on the Immersive WorkWall. These include the popular PINCH™ Glove, and two new devices that Fakespace designed especially for use with the flat screen display. The NavPod™ is a unique six degrees-of-freedom navigation device, based on the company’s innovative PUSH™ technology, that enables easy movement within the Immersive WorkWall’s 3D environment. SPIN™ is a very simple steering wheel type interface device that enables non-technical senior managers to rotate the computer-generated models. "To design the Immersive WorkWall, we spent a great deal of time talking to current and potential clients about applications and user requirements, and then set out to produce the most appropriate visualization system to meet those needs," said Jim Angelillo, president of Fakespace, Inc. "For automotive designers, oil and gas exploration geophysicists, and scientific researchers in a number of fields, large-scale flat-wall displays play a crucial role in enabling group collaboration to uncover important detail." The Immersive WorkWall, which includes active shuttered glasses for 3D viewing and a sound system for audible cues, is available in a variety of floor-to-ceiling display configurations. When configured with two active Electrohome Marquee CRT projectors it provides a high-resolution seamless 8 by 16-foot display. The three-projector system provides a seamless display area of up to 8 by 24 feet, with more than 3.9 mega pixels. Total system footprint includes a screen-to-projector system depth of 21-ft., which allows for an optimal straight projector path. Fakespace can also engineer folded lightpath configurations for space restricted areas. Pricing for the Immersive WorkWall system starts at $200,000. Custom configurations are available with larger screen areas; high brightness, solid state projection options; motion tracked, spatial audio; and numerous other options to meet individual user requirements. Fakespace, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a leading provider of interactive visualization solutions for automotive, manufacturing, military and aerospace, and scientific visualization applications. In June 1998, Fakespace received an equity investment from Electrohome, Ltd., (TSE: ELL.X, ELL.Y), a leading manufacturer and marketer of large screen video/data/graphics projection systems, located in Kitchener, Ontario. In addition to the Immersive WorkWall, the Fakespace family of virtual WorkSpace products includes the VersaBench™, Immersive WorkBench™ and Mini WorkBench™ virtual model displays, and a series of immersive binocular displays, including the BOOM® and BOOM HF™ http://www.fakespace.com, and the PUSH 640 and PUSH 1280 Desktop Displays. Fakespace also offers the PINCH Glove hand gesture interface system, hardware and software for integrating applications into 3D visualization systems, and consulting services for applications development.
### About Mechdyne Corporation Mechdyne Corporation is the world’s largest company dedicated to consulting and development of immersive, networked and collaborative visualization systems. The company addresses complex projects where an in-depth understanding of user requirements leads to the development of products and customized solutions involving elements of visual, software and support systems. Mechdyne’s product divisions provide advanced display technology, audio/visual systems design, and implementation services, as well as immersive and interactive software development and support. Headquartered in Marshalltown, Iowa, Mechdyne’s customers include leading government laboratories, military research programs, energy companies and a variety of ‘edutainment,’ manufacturing, and other users of visualization technology. More information is available at www.mechdyne.com. Mechdyne Press Contact Jeff Brum Matt Schmidt |
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