Caligari Corporation to Support Intel's RSX 3D Audio Technology

Users of Caligari's new Pioneer VRML products can now integrate interactive
3D audio capabilities with their VRML "home worlds"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - MAY 28, 1996 - Caligari Corporation, an industry leader
in interactive 3-D products, today announced that Caligari's new Pioneer
VRML product line will support Intel's Realistic Sound Experience (RSX) 3D
interactive audio technology for the World Wide Web. Together, these
products help Web site designers create complete realistic 3D environments
on the World Wide Web.

"Adding 3D sound to VRML worlds is the next logical step for Web
communication," said Roman Ormandy, president of Caligari Corporation.
"Pioneer's ability to build unique objects and Intel's Interactive sound
technology give developers the right tools to push their creativity and
build truly unique interactive environments."

Caligari Pioneer and Pioneer Pro are the first authentic VRML (Virtual
Reality Modeling Language) tools for building and browsing three-
dimensional "home worlds" on the World Wide Web. Both products are
designed to build 3-D VRML web sites with realistic-looking graphical
environments that are easy and fun to browse.

Intel's RSX uses the power of the Pentium processor to create a "lifelike
sound" experience that simulates the real world. RSX achieves audio
realism by rendering sounds with positional and distance cues. Now,
objects can emit sound based upon their location in the VRML world
relative to the user.

"With RSX, VRML worlds will come alive by using the 3D capabilities of both
the eyes and ears to create a fully immersive experience," said Sandra
Morris, marketing manager for Intel's Internet and Communications Group.
"The integration of RSX with Pioneer will enable VRML content developers
to easily integrate 3D audio with their VRML worlds."

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

Pioneer and Pioneer Pro are available now from Caligari's web site at
http://www.caligari.com. Pioneer has a special introductory price of $99
and Pioneer Pro has a special introductory price of $495. More Information
about Intel's RSX technology is available from Intel's web site at
http://www.intel.com/ial/rsx.

ABOUT INTEL

Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading supplier of
personal computer, networking and communications products.

ABOUT CALIGARI CORPORATION

Founded in 1986, Caligari's mission is to develop and market software for
collaborative 3-D worlds where people can learn, play and work. This
mission is based on a paradigm shift from seeing the PC as a machine
serving existing communication media (such as press or video) to seeing PC
networks as a new communication medium in themselves.

In addition to moving aggressively into VRML, Caligari's retail product
line consists of trueSpace/SE, the entry-level standard for 3-D graphics
and animation for Windows, and trueSpace2 for Windows, a professional-
level software program which combines workstation-class modeling,
rendering and animation with the manipulation of texture-mapped 3- D
objects in real time. trueSpace2 was chosen as the highest-rated 3-D
illustration software by InfoWorld and awarded the 1996 Digital Video
Magazine Award of Excellence, a five-star rating in Multimedia World and a
Highly Recommended rating from PC Graphics & Video.

Caligari Corporation is headquartered at:
1933 Landings Dr., Mountain View, California, 94043
Phone: 800-351-7620 or 415-390-9600.
Fax: 415-390-9755.
Web site: http://www.caligari.com/.
 
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