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Press Release From VR Toolbox

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -
Contact: VR Toolbox, Inc.
e-mail: Company Information
toll-free 1-877-878-6657
direct 407-673-0357

VR Toolbox, Inc.™ officially announces it's latest QuickTime VR™ authoring suite,
The VR Worx™ 2.6 for Macintosh™ OS X and Windows™ operating systems.

Pittsburgh, PA. –- August 12, 2005 -- VR Toolbox, Inc.™ officially announces the newest release of its powerful cross-platform QuickTime VR™ authoring suite, The VR Worx™ 2.6 on August 12th, 2005. The VR Worx™ 2.6 now has a new set of enhanced features making it the most feature rich QuickTime VR™ authoring tool on the market. This complete suite of tools now makes it easier to create interactive QTVR panoramic, object and multi-node movie projects.

The new features are time saving and more efficient than ever, giving the users the ability to be more creative and productive. The VR Worx 2.6 is a must have tool for QuickTime VR authoring for the web and multimedia productions. Among some of the latest features in The VR Worx 2.6 are:

New Features & Functions Include:

  • New Lens Tuner utility that empowers you to calibrate and create your own camera presets
    for superior image stitching! Click here to view Lens Tuner tutorial
  • Integrated Bridge to external image editors, like Photoshop™, allows you to make panoramic image editing faster and more powerful than ever before!
  • Enhanced blending tool creates smoother image transitions!
  • Allows you export in QuickTime VR and Java Player formats!
  • Streamlined and simplified User Interface for Macintosh & Windows
  • Live Scrolling, Live Window Resizing and Dialog Sheets
  • Application-wide Image Drag & Drop, including Document Proxy Icons
  • Integrated On-line Help
  • Intelligent Auto-configuration of Panoramas & Objects
  • Choice of Cylindrical or Linear input acquisition mode for Panoramas
  • Integrated Bridge to external image editors, like Photoshop™
  • Zoom capability for images in Stitch & Blend panels
  • Drag & Nudge capability for positioning images in Stitch panel
  • User defined presets for quick composition of QuickTime movies
  • Specify alternate target sizes with estimated download times
  • Optimize media order for fast-start downloading
  • Auto-generate low res preview track from movie or external image file
  • Embed HTML tags and generate HTML "Starter Page" containing movie
  • Recompose existing Object, Panorama and Linear QuickTime movies
  • AppleScript & Windows Visual Basic Scripting enabled throughout
  • Improved handling of large images for Composition and Import/Export
  • Greatest feature parity between Mac & Windows of any previous version

With a magnitude of new features and functions, it’s the best VR Worx yet.

  • Create Object Movie with Panoramic Background
  • Sound Support in Object Mode
  • Chroma-Key Background Mask
  • Frame Based Animation
  • Centering, Cropping, and De-Wobbling Effects
  • Integrated On-line Help
  • Application-wide Image Drag & Drop
  • Auto-configuration of Panoramas & Objects
  • Cylindrical or Linear input acquisition for Panoramas
  • Bridge to external image editors, like Photoshop™
  • Improved handling of large images for Movie Composition and Import/Export, exceeding 16,000 pixels wide for source images and 30,000 pixels wide for imported or rendered panoramas
  • Transparent View mode for precise stitching
  • Over 250 Hot Spots per node
  • Recompose existing Objects, Panos and Linear QuickTime movies
  • Embed HTML tags & generate HTML Starter Page containing your movie
  • AppleScript & Visual Basic Scripting for Windows enabled throughout
  • Multinode Transitions, including linear video transitions
  • Scene Module accepts Panoramas, Cubic VRs, Objects, Still Images and Linear Movies as Nodes
  • Edit and Preview Multi-Node Scenes without rendering finished movie
  • Full PDF User’s Manual for Macintosh and Windows

Bring a higher level of interactivity and maximum motion to your web design and multimedia productions. Express your creativity as art. Produce a new breed of home movie. Expand the horizons of your digital realm. Now is the time, The VR Worx 2.6 is the software and QuickTime is the enabling architecture.

The VR Worx™ 2.6 is our award-winning suite of QuickTime VR authoring tools. It will retail for $299.99 for new users. Current users can upgrade from The VR Worx 2.5 to 2.6 for only $89.00. Upgrade paths will be available for those who own one, two or all three of the earlier standalone products. Educators and students will receive special discounts on all VR Toolbox products.

Minimum system requirements for The VR Worx 2.6 are:

Macintosh
- Macintosh Power PC
- Mac OS X
- QuickTime 5 or higher
- 10 MB disk space
Windows
- Pentium Class CPU
- Microsoft Windows Me, 2000 and XP
- QuickTime 5 or higher
- 64 MB system memory

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VR Toolbox, Inc.
P.O. Box 111419
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
toll-free 1-877-878-6657
e-mail: Company Information
http://www.vrtoolbox.com

 

© 2000, VR Toolbox, Inc. VR ObjectWorx, VR PanoWorx, VR SceneWorx and The VR Worx are trademarks of VR Toolbox, Inc. Macintosh, Mac OS, QuickTime, QTVR and QuickTime VR are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and used under license. Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft, Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Power PC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Incorporated. Adobe, Acrobat and Photoshop are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc.orporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

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