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1. New Products: Ascension releases new optical tracker
2. EST SPI enables WorldToolKit
3. Events
4. New releases and patches

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1. Ascension releases the ReActor

The ReActor, an affordable active-optical tracking system, delivers unprecedented motion-capture performance for your animation projects. Smooth, accurate data - all the time. For ease of use, it's real-time, untethered and works anywhere.

Some benefits of this tracker are:

- Clean optical-quality data:
Now you can finally focus on actual character motion, not editing and clean-up in post.

- Smooth data outputs:
30 active optical markers on your performer capture every motion nuance for the most realistic, true-to-life motions

- Automatic marker recognition:
Tracks all markers even if momentarily blocked for minimal 'lost data' and optimal data quality.

- No calibration:
ReActor sets up in minutes. You spend more time capturing motions and less time worrying about technical issues.

2. EST SPI enables WorldToolKit

EST integrated the API of the Elumens Visionstation and Visiondome series, the Image based Spherical Projection (SPI), into the WorldToolKit. With this SPI you can get the adjusted rendering to display your WTK application on the Visionstation/Visiondome. Find an example sourcecode at the URL http://www.3drocketfuel.com. You can integrate this sourcecode in any WTK application.

3. During the next three months you can visit us at the following events and see the Visionstation, haptic devices (Phantom, Reachin Display, Magma), magnetic/non-magnetic trackers, Window VR, WorldToolKit/WorldUp applications, datagloves, head mounted displays, ASL eye trackers, EON software etc. :

- ITEC, April, 24th - 26th, 2001 in Lille, France

- Euroforum, May 29th and 30th,2001
Steigenberger Graf Zeppelin Hotel, Stuttgart

- SIM2001 June, 17th - 21th, 2001 in Freiburg

- CARS June, 27th - 30th, 2001 in Berlin

** If you are not able to attend those shows, visit us at our showroom
or contact us for the conditions of an inhouse show at your company. **

4. New releases and patches

WorldUp:
* WorldUp Release 5 Patch3 is now avaliable.
* The OpenGL and Direct3D versions of Standalone, ActiveX and Netscape Plugin players have been updated as well