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Fakespace Systems Joins With HP To Expand Availability Of Visualization Solutions Companies Demonstrate Bundled System For Virtual Prototyping And Manufacturing Simulation Applications at This Week’s National Design Engineering Show Chicago, IL - March 13, 2000 - Fakespace Systems Inc. today announced a strategic relationship with Hewlett-Packard Company to expand the availability of immersive visualization solutions to organizations involved in product development and manufacturing. Fakespace has been named a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for HP VISUALIZE workstations. Additionally the two companies are discussing future joint marketing programs and collaboration on the development of software drivers to integrate Fakespace Systems immersive displays with HP visual computing systems. To demonstrate virtual prototyping and manufacturing simulation applications, HP is showing a Fakespace Systems ImmersaDesk® virtual model display, driven by an HP VISUALIZE workstation, at its booth #1606 at the National Design Engineering Show (NDES), which opens today in Chicago. This is the first public demonstration of an HP visualization application integrated with a drafting-table-style projected image display. “HP is committed to immersive visualization as a powerful tool for innovation in design and manufacturing,” said David Larson, solution specialist for HP’s Technical Computing Division. “The integration of large-scale and stereoscopic displays from Fakespace Systems with HP VISUALIZE workstations means that organizations that rely on the HP platform will be able to implement a broad range of display systems for immersive viewing and hands-on interaction with computer-generated models and simulations.” “Many manufacturing organizations are reengineering their workflow to center on the visualization process,” said Jim Angelillo, vice president of strategic relations at Fakespace Systems Inc. “To meet this increasing demand for large-scale displays and virtual prototyping systems, we are teaming with HP to expand our capability to offer full-service solutions to meet specific customer requirements.” Fakespace Systems markets the visual computing industry’s broadest range of immersive displays for designers, engineers and researchers working with three-dimensional (3D) models and complex graphical data. These include the ImmersaDesk family of workbench-type virtual model displays, the WorkWall™ family of dimensionally accurate large-scale flat wall displays, CAVE® immersive room environments, and a number of best-of-class subsystems from third-party vendors. To support real-time, stereoscopic visualization and interactivity, Fakespace Systems displays use CAVELib™ and trackd™ software developed by the University of Illinois, and maintained and distributed by VRCO (Chicago, Illinois). These Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), which provide drivers for stereo viewing, head tracking, navigation, and hands-on interactivity, support commonly used visualization software, such as Division from Parametric Technologies, Inc. and Open Virtual Factory™ from Engineering Animation, Inc. CAVELib and trackd currently support applications running on HP-UX(1). Fakespace Systems and HP will collaborate with VRCO to support these APIs for NT- and Linux-based HP platforms. As an HP VAR, Fakespace Systems will be able to bundle HP VISUALIZE workstations with its world-class display systems, offering complete visualization solutions to organizations using HP computing platforms. Fakespace will resell the HP VISUALIZE workstation product family, including C-Class and J-Class UNIX® workstations running the HP-UX operating environment, X-Class Windows NT®-based personal workstations, and PL-Class Linux®-based personal workstations. These systems can be configured with HP VISUALIZE fx6 graphics, which includes six dedicated floating-point processors based on HP’s PA-RISC(2) technology. Four 64-bit PA-8500 processors running at 440MHz and supporting up to 8GB of Synchronous DRAM drive the highest performance HP VISUALIZE workstation, the J7000. HP VISUALIZE workstations support all OpenGL applications. About HP’s Technical Computing Division HP’s Technical Computing Division is the world’s leading provider of real-world application compute power and innovative, high-performance graphics that enable advanced interactive visualization and rapid virtual prototyping. Designer productivity is the workstation division’s primary objective. Consistent delivery of unmatched enterprisewide technical-computing solutions has made the Technical Computing Division a leader in the most demanding technical markets, helping the world’s engineers, scientists and artists resolve the toughest design problems. More information about the HP VISUALIZE workstation family and its technical-computing range is available on the Web at http://www.hp.com/go/technical. ### 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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