***Conference Report - E3 Preview
Interactive Magic and iMagic Online Unveil New Technology
Interactive Magic and iMagic Online showcase new technology at E3. Demon-
1 and Demon-2 are future 3D terrain technology releases for Interactive
Magic. The new games iPanzer '44 and Great Battles of Hannibal were a few
of the new games announced. iMagic Online's technology focuses on 3D
games over the Internet. MEGAplayer Technology allows people to play from
all over the world while MEGAvoice Technology allows players to talk
while they are playing MEGAplayer.
www.imagicgames.com
Europress and Oasis launch Oasis Interactive Songbook
Europress, a UK CD-ROM publisher has teamed up with Oasis to launch Oasis
Interactive Songbook. Interactive Songbook will provide insight into
Oasis' songs, albums and information about Oasis itself. Europress also
showcases the E3 International Rally Championship Challenge, a new
motorsport simulation for big screen racing. Also previewed was
Europress' new International Touring Cars racing game and Total Football
Management game.
www.europress.co.uk
The Motion Factory Shows Motivate
The Motion Factory shows its new technology and development tool suite
called Motivate at E3. The new technology is a real-time process control
robotic movement that enables game and content developers to create
character-based, 3D content. Innate intelligence and reasoning power to
responding on the fly to arbitrary stimuli are two of the characteristics
of Motivate's Digital Actors. 3D modeling applications like 3D Studio Max
can be used to create Digital Actors who when imported into the Motivate
authoring environment have innate intelligence for real-time motion.
www.motion-factory.com
SC&T International, Inc. Unveils Ultimate Per4mer Racing Wheel
SC&T International, Inc. debuts their new racing wheel controller,
Ultimate Per4mer Racing Wheel. The Ultimate Per4mer works on all racing
games and comes with a set of foot pedals. Features include; Force
Feedback, 280 degree rotation and programmable buttons.
www.platinumsound.com
InterAct Shows GameShark, SharkPad Pro 64, and V3 Racing Wheel
InterAct Accessories, Inc. shows GameShark for the Sega Saturn, Sony
PlayStation and for the first time Nintendo 64 game system. GameShark is
an accessory that allows gamers to break codes and reveal what's hidden
and the SharkPad Pro 64 is a new N64 controller. The V3 Racing Wheel
offers 300 degrees of rotation and a circular digital pad. The GameShark
for Saturn and Playstation are available now for $49.99 while GameShark
for Nintendo 64 is scheduled to be released Q3 of 1997. The suggested
retail price of the V3 Racing Wheel is $69.99.
www.interact-acc.com/interactpc
Red Orb Entertainment Unveils Riven: The Sequel to Myst
Red Orb Entertainment offers a first time viewing of Riven: The Sequel to
Myst. Riven features a whole new world, beyond Myst. Features include:
more intriguing storyline, greater character involvement, integrated
puzzles, and detailed graphics, animation and sound.
www.redorb.com/products/
Floating Images Inc. at E3
[June 13]
Introduce New Executives
Floating Images Inc. will introduce it's new President, Managing Director
and Top Management Team at E3. Floating Images technology creates natural
vision 3D on computers.
Real-Depth 3D Technology
The introduction of the former Sega executives will lead into the
introduction of Floating Images new 3D technology, Real-Depth. Real-Depth
is different from traditional 3D methods because it works by constructing
foreground and background image planes instead of left eye/right eye
images. Since the image planes are at different distances from the
viewer, this creates a true sense of natural vision 3D. Viewers are
optical devices retail priced at $79.00 and fit over TV or computer
monitors. Viewers are sold by the company and are bundled with Real-
Depth.
"Air Floater" Demonstrated
Floating Images Inc. demonstrates its latest Air Floater, a 3D imager
that produces colorful images 7 cubic feet in size which hover in thin
air and require no viewing apparatus. The new prototype can be used to
display animated or video images.
www.floatingimages.com
Psygnosis Showcases Next Generation 3D PC Games
Psygnosis will showcase 3D PC and third generation console software at
E3. Included in the line-up are Formula 1, Wipeout XL and G Police. Some
of the companies showing Psygnosis' titles included, ATI Technologies,
Diamond Multimedia, Intel, Matrox Graphics, and Microsoft.
www.psygnosis.com
3DO Shows Products for the PC, Internet and Video Game Consoles
3DO will feature new products for the PC, Internet and video game
consoles. Titles featured include: Might and Magic VI, the Sequel from
New World Computing; Uprising from Cyclone Studios; Meridian 59
Revelation from Studio 3DO; Army Men; and, World Championship Racing, the
64-bit arcade/simulation.
www.3do.com
Headland Digital Media Showcases netWAR
Headland Digital media is showcasing its second online game debut,
netWAR, a multi-player combat game in a real-time online war zone.
netWar allows up to 30 opponents per battlefield. It also includes chat
functions and gaming news. A free download is available at the netWAR
site.
www.netwar.com
Midway Introduces 8 New Video Game Titles
Midway Home Entertainment introduces 8 new video game titles with topics
covering sports, shooting, fighting, and driving games. Some of the games
scheduled for preview are: Mace: The Dark Age, a 3D fighting game; NBA
Hardwood Heros, a hoop simulation which supports up to ten players; and
San Francisco RUSH Extreme Racing, the driving game for up to four
players.
www.midway.com
Intergraph Features 3D PCs
Intergraph will be featuring the newest members of its high-performance
Intel/Windows/Windows NT based 3D PC product line. PCs being features are
the 266 MHz Pentium II-based TD-225 with Intense 3D Pro 1000 graphics for
game content creation, and the 233 MHz Pentium-based TD 25-PC with
Intense 3D 100 for game players. The PCs feature interactive 3D graphics
performer and 3D applications like CAD, animation, content creation and
visualization. The PCs can be ordered direct from Intergraph for $1185
www.intergraph.com
Gateway 2000 Unveils Technology for Big Screen PC/TV
[June 18]
Along with Toshiba, Chromatic Research and Time Warner, Gateway will
unveil breakthrough technology that will be available on a Big Screen
PC/TV.
www.gw2k.com
RTIME Inc. Releases Source Code for RTIME Rocks
[June 16]
RTIME Inc. has announced the release of the source code for RTIME Rocks,
a 100-person, fast-action twitch game for the Internet. The source code
and tutorial is bundled with V2.0 of the RTIME Interactive Networking
Engine.
www.rtimeinc.com
DWANGO Invites Media to Test DWANGO-Zone
[June 17]
DWANGO has invited the media to test their skills on the DWANGO-Zone. The
DWANGO-Zone is a high-speed online gaming through Microsoft's Internet
Gaming Zone. The demonstration will be Thursday, June 19th through Sunday
June 22nd on the concourse between the Georgia Dome and the Georgia World
Congress Center in Atlanta, GA.
www.dwango.com
Wave Issue 9714 6/19/97 Article 2-01