Press Release From VR Toolbox

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Contact: VR Toolbox, Inc.
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VR Toolbox, Inc.™ announces it's latest QuickTime VR™ authoring suite, The VR Worx™ 2.5 for Macintosh™ OS X and Windows™ operating systems.

Pittsburgh, PA. –- August 14, 2003 -- VR Toolbox, Inc.™ officially announces the newest release of its powerful cross-platform QuickTime VR™ authoring suite, The VR Worx™ 2.5 on August 14th, 2003. The VR Worx™ 2.5 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 2.5 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 2.5 are:

• True multi-tasking for greater productivity in less time.
• Resizable windows allowing users to view more of the project.
• Render, import or export panoramas up to 30,000 pixels wide.
• Allows for drag and drop of images and movie source files.
• New searchable version of the user's manual implemented as an on-line help system.
• Now acquire images in either circular or linear views.
• Choose between using the built-in image editor or your favorite image-editing tool to manipulate source images.
• Ability to zoom in and out in Acquire linear view, Stitch and Blend panels.
• Adjusting images in Stitch panel now allows click and drag for quicker manual alignment.
• New recompose feature allows opening of existing QTVR panoramic and object movie files for re-editing.
• User specified file target sizes.
• Create preset compression settings for different movie qualities such as for e-mail, web or CD use.
• Data rate feature allows you to see download times of VR movies before exporting.
• Ability to choose web optimization for arranging media in a format most suitable for fast-start downloading.
• Create low-resolution preview tracks.
• Export multi-node scenes as self-contained or as separate multi-node movies for the web.
• Generates HTML code starter page, to cut and paste into existing web pages for embedding multi-node tours.
• And more…
  

The VR Worx™ 2.5 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.X to 2.5 for only $89.00. Upgrade paths will be available for those who own one, two or all three of the earlier standalone products. New standalone versions of version 2.5 will also be available. The VR PanoWorx 2.5 and VR ObjectWorx 2.5 will retail for $149.99 each and VR SceneWorx 2.5 for $89.99. Educators and students will receive special discounts on all VR Toolbox products.

Minimum system requirements for The VR Worx 2.5 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

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