Wave Issue 9604 8/2/96 Article 6-01

***3D Home Appliances over the Net

So what is 3D on the Net good for? Try 3D home interior design with the
latest brand-name appliances downloadable over the net for you to
virtually try out at home.

That is the premise Visual Home just announced, by Books that Work. BTW
promises "the first Internet-enhanced 3D home and interior design CD-ROM
for consumers."

You will be able to go to the Visual Home web site and download new
appliances using Netscape Navigator 2.01, which is bundled with the
product. "We're partnering with leading home product manufacturers such
as General Electric Appliances, Delta Faucet, and Merillat Cabinets to
develop 3D model collections of their products," said Dan Levin, co-
founder/president of BTW. "As these manufacturers release new products,
you'll be able to update Visual Home with their latest models."

The Visual Home site will also link to the "addresses the hundreds of
home product manufacturers and service providers who do maintain
corporate Web sites. Concise descriptions and hot links are provided to
these sites from virtually every 3D model within Visual Home."

Visual Home for Windows is due out in August at around $60. The CD will
contain more than 2,000 3D models of furnishings and appliances and 1,000
material textures.

Also picking up on the Internet home design concept, Broderbund has also
just announced that 3D Home Architect Edition 2 "brings the power of the
Internet to designers with a dedicated 3D Home Architect home page that
can be accessed through any web browser."

http://visualhome.com