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Web Developers Lining Up to Join the Cult

Cult3D’s NEW multi-platform 3D object rendering engine now available

UPPSALA, SWEDEN, March 29, 1999 – Creating highly interactive 3D objects for web sites used to mean hours and hours of code-crunching on expensive workstations only to have your objects look terrible and clunky once they were posted to the Web. Just looking at web 3D could send your computer into bandwidth overload, wasting precious time or crashing systems. But a growing number of web developers have joined the ranks of Cult3D users, creating objects that web users can virtually interact and play with and view from all angles while online. And even businesses are learning that interactive 3D products that consumers can “try before they buy” are Cultivating e-commerce and online sales.

Now, Cycore Computers has released Cult3D version 3.1, its free, downloadable 3D rendering software. With a WYSIWYG interface that runs on any platform, from Linux to Windows to BeOS, Cult3D is making believers out of web developers everywhere.

Cult3D is NOW AVAILABLE for download at www.cult3d.com.

“Cult3D is a must see for anyone who is interested in animation for the web,” said Vince Backeberg, Emmy-award winning animator whose animation credits include work on the California Raisins, The Disney Channel’s Adventures in Wonderland, and many PC games. “Cult3D is new, innovative, and a must have for any web developer interested in bringing true 3D to the web.”

Already organizations like Nokia, CNN, the Nobel Foundation, Siemens, Bang and Olufsen, Absolut Vodka, and Bigbug Interactive have discovered the Culture shock that Cult3D can bring to their web sites. The power of Cult3D’s rendering engine is allowing customers and site visitors to see products, services, and objects in amazing 3D—and without those funny glasses!

“Telia believes that Cult3D brings a lot of promise to e-commerce,” said Lars Lunberg, competence manager, corporate development and human resources for Telia, the Swedish telecom giant. “Telia has been involved in Cult3D technology since the beginning. We are planning to use Cult3D extensively in our training and human development programs both inside the Telia organization and with our partners and customers.”

The Cult 3 D’s

Cult3D combines depth, design, and distribution to create dynamic 3D objects for the Internet.

Development

· Graphical Java programming

· Advanced 3D animation

Depth

· High image quality

· Sophisticated interactivity

Distribution

· Multiplatform

· High performance without extra hardware

“Seeing Cult3D is believing. Cult3D will not only make believers out of web developers but will make believers out of the e-commerce community,” said Jerry Pettersson, vice president of product development for Cycore Computers. “Cult3D will change the way people use the Internet. Whether it’s for product marketing and sales, education or entertainment, Cult3D will make web commerce really take off.”

D-tails, d-tails, d-tails

The Cult3D plug-in for viewing Cult3D objects and animations published on the Internet is available free at http://www.cult3d.com/download. The Cult3D designer package is available to any Web designer, animator, or company and can be downloaded free at http://www.cult3d.com/order. A licensing fee of $3600 will be charged for all Cult3D objects that are posted to a web site. For further details, contact info@cycore.com.

Cult3D can be used in conjunction with 3D Studio Max. The Cult3D plug-in can be used with Netscape 2.0 or Internet Explorer 4.0 and the following operating systems: Windows 95, 98, and NT; MacOS (PowerPC); UNIX (Linux, HP/UX, AIX, Sun); and BeOS.

Cult3D in Action

To see Cult3D in action, please download the plug in from www.cult3d.com and then visit any of the following sites:

Nokia – Nokia 9110 Communicator: http://www.nokia.se/products/data/9110communicator/virtual9110/

CNN – Media Showcase: http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/multimedia/cult3d/html/mir.html

Kasan Electronics Scandinavia AB: http://www.kasan.se/olindex.html

Nobel Foundation – The Nobel Medal for Physics and Chemistry: http://www.nobel.se/prize/medal3d.html

Vince Backeberg 3D Site: http://www.teleport.com/~v3d/

Bigbug Interactive: http://www.bigbug.com/3dmodels.html

Eni Oken: http://www.oken3d.com/html/cult3d.shtml

Pixelfilm: http://www.pixelfilm.se/

About Cycore Computers

Based in Uppsala, Sweden, Cycore Computers specializes in the development of special effects and 3D technologies for both the Internet and the video and film post-production industries. Cycore’s Cult3D® Animation is the industry’s first real-time, multi-platform 3D-rendering engine for the Internet. Creators of the award-winning Final Effects™ and Studio Effects™, Cycore’s Cult Effects contains 18 new filters for Adobe After Effects used in the video and film post-production industries. Cycore Computers has a US sales office in San Mateo, CA. For more information on the company, please visit Cycore on the World Wide Web at either www.cycore.com.

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