SENSE8 Corporation Ships WorldToolKit for Windows

SAUSALITO, Calif., March 15, 1994 -- SENSE8 Corporation, leading provider
of software tools for building real-time virtual reality (VR) and graphics
simulation applications, today announced the commercial release of
WorldToolKit for Windows. 

WorldToolKit for Windows represents a breakthrough for Microsoft Windows
developers by giving them access to powerful, real-time graphics
simulation capabilities for building intuitive applications and
interfaces. When used with Intel's Pentium processor and a local-bus
graphics board, WorldToolKit for Windows sets new performance levels for
inexpensive, real-time three-dimensional simulations. The announcement was
made at Software Development/Business Solutions, San Jose, Calif., March
15-17. 

Richard Wirt, director, software technology labs, Intel Corporation, said,
"WorldToolKit for Windows will enable a whole new class of 3D graphics and
VR applications on PC platforms. Using a Pentium processor-based PC,
developers are now able to produce real-time, texture-mapped 3D images
under Windows faster than on some workstations that cost over $10,000."

Tom Coull, president of SENSE8, said, "The number of desktops that can
support WorldToolKit for Windows is well over six million, and we have
already seen a large amount of interest among Windows developers who had
not previously considered themselves in the market for VR tools."

"There has been a tremendous response to WorldToolKit for Windows by a
first wave of developers eager to take advantage of the product's
features," added Ken Pimentel, vice-president of SENSE8. "WorldToolKit for
Windows represents a new era of graphics performance."

WorldToolKit for Windows is a real-time graphics development environment
for building 3D simulations and virtual reality applications under Windows
3.1. It offers software developers an unprecedented level of power and
flexibility, and easily links to mainstream, data-rich applications such
as Microsoft Excel to present new ways of viewing and interacting with
data. As a C library of over 400 function calls, WorldToolKit for Windows
dramatically simplifies the process of creating real-time interactive 3D
simulations and VR applications. WorldToolKit reads 3D objects created
with tools such as Autocad, 3D Studio, Swivel 3D or any other modeler that
generates DXF or 3DS files. WorldToolKit for Windows allows a developer to
interact with and explore these 3D models in real-time using existing PC
hardware. Support for wire-frame, smooth-shaded and texture-mapped
surfaces is included along with support for head-mounted displays, sound
boards, mice, joysticks and ultrasonic-tracking devices.

Features:

 - Supports Windows 3.1 and Windows NT
 - Real-time rendering of Gouraud-shaded and textured surfaces
 - Portability: Windows, Digital OSF, SGI Irix, Sun Solaris, 
   Sun OS, Microsoft DOS
 - Supports DDE
 - Supports 16 to 16.7 million color modes

The commercial release of WorldToolKit for Windows is available now and is
priced at $795. A 486DX PC (or better) running Windows 3.1/NT with either
a 16, 256, 32K or 64K color graphics driver is required. A local-bus PC
using a Pentium chip provides additional performance capability.

SENSE8 was incorporated in 1990 as a software company dedicated to
providing affordable real-time 3D graphics for the interactive
visualization and simulation of data, designs, concepts and physical
systems. SENSE8's flagship product, WorldToolKit, was born out of the
desire to provide a powerful yet easy-to-use software system accessible to
a wide range of users. WorldToolKit is available directly from SENSE8 as
well as from a worldwide network of distributors in the U.S., Japan, U.K.,
France, Germany, Italy, Finland, Portugal, Spain, Australia, Taiwan and
Korea. SENSE8 can be reached at 4000 Bridgeway, Suite 101, Sausalito, CA
94965. 415/331-6318, Fax: 415/331-9148.

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