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September 21, 2001 - Paris, France
VIRTOOLS™ Selected a Winner of the Prestigious 7th Annual IST Prize
Chosen out of 294 entries from 26 different countries, Virtools™ and it's groundbreaking technology, Virtools™ Dev 2.0, win €5,000 in initial prize money and will be presented at the European Information Society Technologies Conference (IST 2001). Virtools is also nominated for the IST Grand Prize to be announced December 3rd. An Executive Jury, composed of independent, highly respected European personalities, will select the three Grand Prize Winners from the list of 20 Winners. Each Grand Prize Winner will receive € 200,000 and the European IST Prize Trophy. The Awards Ceremony will take place during the annual Information Society Technologies Conference (IST 2001). Now in its seventh year, the European IST Prize is an award for
groundbreaking products that represent the best of European innovation
in information technology. It provides public recognition and a
highly visible profile to entrepreneurial teams that excel in generating
novel ideas and R&D and converting them into marketable products.
The high standards of applicants and the competitive screening procedure
for selecting the winners make this prize the most distinguished
for new Information Technology driven products. The aim of the award is to promote and reward excellence in the
technologies of the information society and to stimulate entrepreneurship,
innovation, and competitiveness in industry. The award is distinguished
for its excellence, clear objectivity and immediate relevance to
business and society. This distinction gives the clearest mark of
recognition to the Winners, a recognition which has shown itself
to provide a blue-chip reference for all stakeholders, whether upstream
financiers or downstream customers.
Virtools' revolutionary technology allows you to create interactive applications by graphically assembling "behaviors" in Dev 2.0's intuitive interface. Flexible and easy-to-use, Virtools' reusable "behavior building blocks" accelerate the production cycle and reduce production costs. Use the "behavior library" or program your own behaviors with Virtools' Software Development Kit (SDK).
Founded in 1993, Virtools™ enables Global 2000 companies and their integrators, as well as game studios, to develop and deploy 3D applications with game-like interactivity. Costs and timeframes are kept under control through a scalable set of software and server-based solutions that reduce the risks associated with developing interactive applications. Intel and France Telecom are among the growing number companies
that have benefited from Virtools technology. Using Virtools, clients
reduce development costs and increase interactivity. Virtools software
is used by online and offline game development studios such as:
Disney Imagineering, Havas Interactive, Acclaim, Microïds,
and Terratools. Virtools email: info@virtools.com |
