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Dassault Systèmes-Powered SCP.Camera Wins Emerging Technology Designation at SIGGRAPH 2007 Show3DVIA Virtools Gives Editing Power to 3D Camera That Provides |
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 6, 2007- Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that SCP.Camera, a 3DVIA Virtools-powered system for adding camera motion to 3D virtual environments, has been chosen as an Emerging Technology at the SIGGRAPH 2007 show in San Diego.
SCP.Camera is an "immersive device" developed by researchers at ATI Paris 8 university. It provides a new way to prepare and plan movie production. Users can create camera movements from a virtual environment, visualize them immediately, and edit them with 3DVIA Virtools recording, editing and playback functions. SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies is a showcase of innovative technologies and applications in fields such as displays, robotics, interaction techniques, computer vision, wearable computing, data and scientific visualization, graphics, collaborative environments, and design.
"Virtools real-time platform and its VR add-on made it possible to create an original and innovative project. It helped us easily integrate new peripherals of optical tracking and a plug-in with our own technology (SCP Camera device)," said Nicolas Serikoff, SCP Cam project manager. "Thanks to Virtools Scripting Language, we also had the opportunity to optimize and automate our 3D workflow using our digital content creation modeling tool."
Dassault Systémes and ATI Paris 8 university researchers will demonstrate SCP.Camera at SIGGRAPH in the Emerging Technology Area, booth #0065. For more information about SCP.Camera at SIGGRAPH 2007 Emerging Technologies, please visit http://www.siggraph.org/s2007/attendees/etech and click on the SCP.Camera link.
"SCP.Camera bridges the gap between 3D cinema and virtual reality in a never-before- seen manner, going beyond the now traditional motion capture of actors," said David Nahon, Dassault Systèmes virtual reality manager. "By providing such tools to filmmakers, SCP gives them very intuitive, expressive and natural ways to record camera motion. The simplicity of the shooting and editing experience makes it a perfect illustration of the benefits of 3DVIA Virtools technology when it comes to using 3D as a universal creation and communication language."
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About 3DVIA 3DVIA is Dassault Systèmes’ brand for online 3D lifelike experiences. It establishes 3D as a universal media for consumer and professional communities, and allows anyone to imagine, play, and experience products and services used in our daily lives. Once perfected in the virtual world, these can be delivered in the physical world. The Virtools product line is part of 3DVIA. For more information about 3DVIA, go to: http://www.3dvia.com.
About Dassault Systèmes As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Dassault Systèmes brings value to more than 100,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance to recycling. The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of CATIA for designing the virtual product - SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design - DELMIA for virtual production - SIMULIA for virtual testing - ENOVIA for global collaborative lifecycle management, and 3DVIA for online 3D lifelike experiences. Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com
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