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Allegorithmic, an emerging 3D technology company developing advanced texturing tools for real-time 3D content creation, today announced it will sponsor a “Substance� session during the 2008 Game Developers® Conference (GDC). This session will demonstrate how Substance, Allegorithmic’s new generation of texturing middleware, is redefining production and distribution pipelines for next-generation game developers. Being shown for the first time at GDC, Substance provides game developers with a professional set of tools for creating high-quality textures that are generated in real-time to optimize data streaming and create changing environments. more

New film storms Sundance and is a showcase of the most modern digital production techniques

Codex Digital, specialist in high-resolution media recording systems, today revealed details of how its technology streamlined the workflow between production and post on “I Love Sarah Jane”, the new Australian short film that is taking the 2008 Sundance Film Festival by storm. more

External PCIe disk enclosure enables ultimate bandwidth with the lowest latency possible to deliver unmatched performance in rich media editing

Minneapolis, MN – January 15, 2008 – Ciprico Inc. (NASDAQ: CPCI), a leading provider of intelligent storage software, solutions and appliances, will launch its MediaVault 5116 PCI express® (PCIe) direct attached storage solution at the Macworld Conference and Expo on January 15-18 in San Francisco. The MediaVault 5116 is the second member of the award-winning MediaVault 5100 series, adding for the first time support for the Mac OS X operating system, further enabling unmatched storage performance for content creation. more

While most expos are heavy on sales and marketing, the Pixel Corps and Leo Laporte have teamed up to bring their own touch of education and entertainment to the mix as they run the new Podcast Studio, booth number 4546, during the annual Macworld Conference & Expo, Jan. 14-18, 2008 in San Francisco. more

Aviom, exclusive developer of the world’s premier audio transport technology, A-Net®, announces a collaboration with Digidesign, the leader in digital audio production, providing the professional music, broadcast, multimedia, and film industries with tools for audio creation, post production, collaboration, and distribution, to extend Aviom’s A-Net capabilities. Digidesign’s D-Show 2.6 software has been upgraded with key new features including support for Aviom’s Pro16 Series™. Aviom’s Pro16 Series™ will be showcased at the NAMM show, January 17th to 20th, at the Anaheim Convention Center in California (Arena, Booth #7123). more

Cambridge, MA. January 8, 2008 — GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, today announced an upcoming version of Sapphire Plug-ins for Apple FxPlug products including Final Cut Pro and Motion.

GenArts is offering the new FxPlug version at no additional charge to customers who purchase or upgrade to Sapphire v2 for After Effects and compatible products. Currently Sapphire Plug-ins supports Final Cut Pro through the After Effects API, but the FxPlug version will provide additional features such as drag-on Transition effects for FCP, support for Motion, and effects categorized as Generators, Filters and Transitions. The forthcoming version for FxPlug products will contain over 200 image processing and synthesis effects, including the latest effects in the Sapphire Plug-ins suite such as FilmDamage, ZDefocus, Cartoon, BleachBypass, GradientMulti, SwishPan, Light3D, Deband and Vignette. more

Leading visual effects software developer The Foundry has kicked-off 2008 with the release of its Furnace 4 plug-ins for eyeon Software’s Fusion. The toolset is brand new to Fusion artists, giving them access to a host of advanced image processing tools designed to enhance workflow and boost productivity in digital visual effects post production.

Thousands of leading digital artists worldwide already take advantage of Furnace to ease the routine processes involved with the creation of digital visual effects. With The Foundry’s Furnace 4 for Fusion now shipping, Fusion artists will, for the first time, be able to gain access to a broad range of The Foundry’s sophisticated motion estimation technology. more

With Boxxster DVC launches a compact uncompressed disk recorder which can record and playback all popular HD, SD and DCI formats.

By using the latest 2.5 inch hard disk technology, Boxxster has a very compact design as well as being low noise with very low power consumption. Due to this new technology Boxxster is also very reliable! more

Breakthrough Solution Sets Industry Standard for DLP Technology In High Speed Simulation

I/ITSEC/Orlando, FL – (November 26, 2007) – Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, has won a landmark contract with the United States Air Force to retrofit their existing A10 jet aircraft simulators with 84 Christie Matrix HD2 DLP projectors. The contract was solidified after Christie’s DLP simulation solution with AccuFrame(tm), a highly unique enhancement for smear artifact reduction, proved to deliver the most natural, true-to-life display solution available on the market. AccuFrame was tested against both existing simulation CRT projectors and a current competing simulation LCoS QXGA projector, and proved to be superior in a side-by-side shoot-out. The program will support over 19 simulators for the US Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard. more

Company Demonstrates Deployable Stereoscopic System for Firearms Training at I/ITSEC 2007

I/ITSEC/Orlando, FL – (November 26, 2007) – Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, is showcasing a sophisticated and true-to-life dismounted infantry trainer concept at this year’s Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation & Education Conference (I/ITSEC), in Orlando, Florida. Visitors to Christie’s booth, #3339, will have the opportunity to experience tactical infantry training using high quality head tracking to interact in real-time with stereoscopic warfare content. The life-size, immersive ‘first person shooter’ simulator is a joint collaboration of the world’s most advanced virtual reality technology providers including Christie, EON Reality, Inc., InterSense Inc. (I/ITSEC booth #2747), and VirTra Systems, Inc. more