SOFTIMAGE ENHANCE ELUMENS’ DISPLAY

SOFTIMAGE, a subsidiary of Avid Technology, have announced that they have provided support for Elumens’ revolutionary single projector hemispherical display systems within the suite of Softimage runtime technologies.
The combination of real-time 3D viewing provided by Softimage and the immersive aspects of Elumens projection technology will expand the use of SOFTIMAGE|XSI software and the XSI Viewer for users that desire an immersive viewing capability for entertainment and simulation environments.
Michael Sheasby, Director of Internet Business Development for Softimage said: “The Elumens projector is a unique immersive projection technology. We view it as an elegant design and expect it to be rapidly adopted as a standard for immersive viewing.
“The combination of the Elumens projector with the SOFTIMAGE|XSI Viewer will create a clean, high-performance solution for simulation, product visualisation, and location-based entertainment.”
Lanny Dietz, Elumens’ Digital Media Segment Marketing Director, said: “The relationship with Softimage provides Elumens a conduit to an established professional content creation user base that is certain to push the envelope on how Elumens technology will be used now and in the future.”
“Elumens and Softimage share a commitment to providing our customers with innovative technology solutions that allow them to present their digital content in a unique way," said Alan Waxenberg, Business Development Manager at Softimage.
"Softimage have successfully embedded Elumens’ software", he said, "in order to enable our customers the opportunity to take advantage of Elumens’ new display technology on commercial release." (AMcE)