July 27, 2000 - New Orleans, LA, USA
Siggraph 2000 - Stand #2249

Virtools S.A. and [BaBeL@STaL] announce web development partnership.

Virtools and [BaBeL@STaL] publicized today their partnership based on technology and expertise exchange, to explore the new possibilities that Virtools can offer in web design.

This partnership will allow the two companies to free exchange their savoir faire and expertise to bring web design to the next level. [BaBeL@STaL] brings five years of experience as one of France's premier interactive architects, while Virtools's is the maker of authoring tools to create rich interactivity, streamlining production while allowing programmers access to the high level functionality.

"We need to have the ability to imagine, conceive and develop new types of interfaces (made possible by broadband and interactive television). And we need to do it today" said Olivier Mével, Vice President of [BaBeL@STaL]. "We are thrilled to start this partnership with Virtools, and the possibility in creating new interfaces and navigational methods - and hope to show how this new manner of accessing information is both more playful and richer."

Bertrand Duplat, CEO of Virtools, was also very positive about the collaboration. "We are delighted to have [BaBeL@STaL] as an affiliate for bringing the Virtools technology to the web. Their award winning designs reflect the quality and depth of offer that we want to provide in our content and to our users. We believe that Virtools is going to change how Web 3D is viewed and are glad [BaBeL@STaL] is our partner in accomplishing it.

For more information, please contact:

Virtools S.A.
+33 (0) 1 42 71 46 86
info@virtools.com

About [BaBeL@STaL]
An interactive architect, [BaBeL@STaL] has been aiding companies, institutions, associations and individuals in defining and reaching their goals on the Internet since 1995. As a company specializing in the design and building of websites, [BaBeL@STaL] offers its clients a complete raft of services. It assists companies in all key areas giving them a successful Internet presence, giving advice on strategy, marketing, organization and publicity. Clients are major companies from the banking, cultural, service, consumer goods and institutional sectors.

About Virtools
Headquarted in Paris, Virtools SA produces a suite of interactive 3D development tools for creating game, entertainment and web 3D content -- and is swiftly earning a strong reputation for itself. Virtools Creation permits non-programmers to create rich interactivity through graphs and behavior building blocks, and Virtools Dev gives cutting edge game developers access to the underlying code for the power, flexibility and control they need to bring creative ideas to realization. Both products streamline the production process, are well adapted to episodic content, and are used by industry leaders including Havas Interactive, Microids and TerraTools Gmhb.