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-- New version features user friendly default
scene and enhanced navigation control; showcased
for the first time at Siggraph 2006 on booth 2426
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July 26th, 2006 (Mountain View, CA.) --
Caligari Corporation, an award-winning producer
of 3D modeling and animation software, today announced
the availability of an updated version of truePlay,
Caligari’s free web Player for sharing interactive
3D objects, scenes and worlds. Available the first
week of August from Caligari’s website (www.caligari.com),
and showcased for the first time at Siggraph on
booth 2426, the new version of truePlay features
a number of new enhancements including:
A new user-friendly default scene that allows users
to easily load saved scenes, or go to the website
to access scene templates or even quickly travel
into truePlay’s shared space, a photorealistic,
simulated 3D space that enables users to interact,
learn and work in real-time.
Enhanced navigation controls collide with solid
objects, thereby allowing user to experience realistic
behaviors when moving into truePlay’s simulated
3D space. This helps user enjoy a true sense of
physicality when moving into a virtual environment
and avoid situations impossible the real world,
such as walking through walls.
Additionally, the enhanced navigation controls
now give users the option to use the WASD keys,
familiar to many gamers and 3D world participants,
where the W key is for ‘walk forward’, A is for
‘side step’ left, S is for ‘walk backward’, D is
for ‘sidestep right’.
About truePlay
truePlay is a free web Player for sharing interactive
3D objects, scenes and worlds. It enables users
to interact, learn and work in a shared, real-time
photorealistic 3D space that offers a much richer
sense of presence than any 2D technology could provide.
truePlay not only allows participants to open, enter
and interact with 3D scenes that are sent to them
via conventional means such as download or email,
but it also works online to allow multiple participants
to join the same 3D space, so they can all meet,
interact and collaborate in real-time.
truePlay can also be used in conjunction with trueSpace7,
Caligari’s flagship real-time collaborative 3D authoring
technology, to allow participants to not only view
and share information but also to create, manipulate
and edit 3D objects in real-time within the shared
virtual workspace. Applications span a wide range
of markets, including: design engineering, education,
biomedicine, design and illustration, and games
development. Available free-of-charge, truePlay
can be easily installed by downloading it from Caligari’s
web site www.caligari.com.
About Caligari Corporation
Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986. Over the
last 20 years, the company has led the market with
major innovations in 3D authoring for interactive
graphic design, product design and multimedia. Today,
Caligari’s mission is to develop collaborative 3D
authoring technology that enables participants to
work and learn online. The company's award-winning
flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and
animation program with a novel, direct manipulation
interface. The company maintains headquarters at
1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California,
94043. For further information, please visit: www.caligari.com
or contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or
650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755.
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