CYBERWARE SCANS THE FUTURE

Monterey, CA -- June 14, 1994 -- WHEN THE FUTURE TAKES SHAPE scan it with
breakthrough Cyberware technology--CyZip, Cysurf, and the MM Compact
Motion Platform Scanner--to be demonstrated at SIGGRAPH '94.

The latest innovations from Cyberware, the leader in 3D scanning science,
are literally and figuratively new directions in digitizing. Three new
scanning products make it possible to scan and digitally reproduce a
multitude of complex objects.
CyZip, the key element in the design of Cyberware's Whole Body Scanner, is
software specifically for building models from multiple scans.

Complex objects require multiple cylindrical and linear scans, which has
traditionally been problematic for engineers who must construct one
surface model based on the information obtained in several scans. CyZip
solves that problem by combining all of the information into one
continuous data set.

CyZip uses the cylindrical scan as a "registration" onto which the other
scans are anchored. Then the software matches the points and adjusts the
position of each scan until they are in alignment. The geometric
relationship of the various areas can be arbitrary. CyZip will calculate
the best alignment. The registration scan is then removed. Finally, the
aligned scans are "zippered" together into a continuous mesh that has a
greater facility for manipulation.

CYSURF, another new Cyberware software product, creates B-spline surfaces
from Cyberware scans. Reducing polygons often causes detail to totally
wipe out. But now Cysurf can shred a scan into a clean NURBS wave. Cysurf
can create surfaces with a greatly reduced number of control points and
allows a good fit with a minimum of artifacts.

The Cysurf user interface fits surfaces to Cyberware scans with awesome
quickness. Simply select the region of the scan for which surfaces are
desired and Cysurf calculates the optimum control point arrangement. Then
the software fits the best looking B-spline surface. Detail can be
augmented by manipulating force points and force lines to bend the surface
to follow the features of the scanned object.

When modeling or rendering, B-spline surfaces appear as authentic as the
original scans. They have the advantage of compact storage, and can also
be manipulated in a surface modeler.

THE MM COMPACT MOTION PLATFORM, especially designed to support rapid color
3D scanning, will give users total freedom in scanning small, complex
objects. Smaller and more affordable than Cyberware's popular MS, the MM
is a linear/cylindrical platform designed for facilities with limited
space and budget.

The MM Platform accommodates linear scans up to 350 mm wide and cylindrical
scans as large as 460 mm in diameter, which makes it ideal for
manipulating designs in everything from packaging materials to sculpted
characters for computer animation.

With the MM platform, scans are performed by moving the object while the
optical instrument remains stationary. It provides cylindrical and linear
motion.

The 3030 scanner uses low-intensity laser light to create a lighted profile
of an object, which is captured by video sensors from two viewpoints.
Thousands of these profiles are digitized in just a few seconds, resulting
in an accurate representation of the color and shape of the entire
object.

As with Cyberware motion platforms, the MM performs 3D scans using any of
the company's Model 3030 optical instruments.

Cyberware 3D scanners capture the shape and color of an object in 17
seconds. Then the 3D image is displayed on a graphics workstation, the
model can be measured, resized, combined with other models and edited in a
variety of ways.

Cyberware manufactures a variety of hardware and software products for
rapid color 3D scanning used by doctors, engineers, researchers,
manufacturers, artists and filmmakers around the world.

Cyberware
8 Harris Court #3D
Monterey, CA 93940
408-373-1441,  fax 408-373-3582

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