Newsletter, September 12th, 2002

© 2003 by EST · Last updated: 19.08.2003

*********CREATE YOUR EXPERIENCE***********

1. NVIS (formerly n-vision) announces Head Mounted Display nvisor SX
2. Inhouse Show at LRZ in Munich
3. Breider Moore & Co. Acquires SENSE8 product line from Unigraphics Solutions, Inc.
4. New releases and patches
5. Shows

*******************************************************

1. NVIS (formerly n-vision) announces Head Mounted Display nvisor SX

Preliminary Specifications:
Video: 1280x1024 pixels per eye, 24-bit color, SXGA 60 Hz RGB input, Supports dual-channel (stereoscopic) input
Optical: 58 degree diagonal FOV, Accommodates eyeglasses
Audio: Integrated stereophonic headphones
Availability: ~January 2003
Price: less than 25.000 USD

2. Inhouse Show at LRZ in Munich

Attached you will find our current Agenda for the event at Leibniz-Rechenzentrum in Munich:

The event takes place on Sept., 26, 2002 at Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Barer Str. 21, Munich, room: S 2534

Exhibition:
----------------
09:00 - 12:00, 13:00 - 17:00

Hardware:
Eye-Tracking: A.S.L
Gloves: 5DT, Immersion
Head Mounted Displays: Daeyang Cyvisor, I-ODisplays Eyeglases SVGA, Kaiser XL 50,
Microvision Nomad, Micro Optical CO3, (SEOS 120/40)
Haptic Devices: FCS, Sensable
Tracking: Ascension: 3dBird, MotionStar, LaserBird
InterSense: IS 900 wireless, IS 900 SIM Tracker, InertiaCube 2

Software:
Kaydara Motionbuilder, Sense8 WorldToolKit, Sense8 World Up

Presentations:
---------------------
9:45 Head Mounted Displays NN
10:30 Tracking Gregory Erdmann, Ascension
11:15 Motionbuilder Software Julie Barrette, Kaydara

12:00 Lunch Break

13:30 Tracking Dean Wormell, InterSense
14:15 Haptics Dr.ir. R.Q. van der Linde, FCS
15:00 Eye-Tracking Frank Gross, EST

!! Please notice, that only registered attendees can visit this show.
So if you and your collegues would like to visit us there, just write a short email with your contact data and the number of attending persons to mailto:LRZshow@est-kl.com with the subject:Octoberfest. :)

3. Breider Moore & Co. Acquires SENSE8 product line from Unigraphics Solutions, Inc.

San Francisco, CA. July 16th, 2002 – Breider Moore & Co., a privately held private equity and corporate turnaround investment firm based in San Francisco, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the SENSE8 product line from Unigraphics Solutions, Inc.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

SENSE8 is the leading provider of real-time interactive 3D software development tools, including WorldToolKit, World Up, and World2World. These applications simplify the complex task of developing real-time, 3D interactive applications. The software suite supports the most popular 3D and CAD file formats as well as a comprehensive list of input/output devices including tracking systems, immersive displays and devices, stereo display options and 3D spatialized sound.

The SENSE8 product line supports a client base of over 6,000 companies – many from the Fortune 500 – located in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Australia.

4. New releases and patches

SensAble Technologies:

- Ghost SDK 4.0 for Windows NT/2000, Linux and Irix avaliable.

- New graphics cards certified for Freeform V5.

Please contact us for any questions or for pricing.

5. Shows

During the next three months you can visit us at the following events:

Inhouse Show at Leibniz-Rechenzentrum Munich
Munich, Germany
September, 26th, 2002
!! Registration necessary !!

ISMAR 2002
Darmstadt, Germany
September 30th - October 1st, 2002

CURAC 2002
Leipzig, Germany
October 4th-5th, 2002

All proprietary names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. EST doesn´t offer any guarantee for the technical details of the manufacturers.