Wave Issue 0205 2/15/02 Article 3-01

***Caligari Ships trueSpace 5.2 with New Facial Animator;
Announces Live Help
(February 13)

Caligari Corporation, a provider of 3D authoring technologies,
today shipped trueSpace(tm) 5.2 with a new Facial Animator tool
that generates animated human facial muscle movements directly
from speech or text input using high-level animation controls.

Facial Animator can use a generic model of a human head or a
model provided by the user. The model can then be matched to a
real human face with trueSpace5.2's new texture editor that uses
two photographs of an actual human face and converts them into a
fully textured 3D model.

The new Lip-Sync capability enables users to automatically create
facial animation directly from speech by generating speech-
related human facial muscle movements for the entire human face.
Users can also easily combine speech animation with key-framed
animations for high-level control of character emotions. Smiles,
frowns, and expressions of anger, relief, or other emotion can be
simply created by adjusting slider values.

Caligari also announced its Live Help capability -- allowing
users who download the trueSpace 5.2 demo to connect live with
knowledgeable trueSpace experts as well as fellow novice
trueSpace users. Only an Internet connection is required and
there is no charge for Live Help. No special downloads or
applications are necessary.

Pricing and Availability
trueSpace5.2 is available now for $595 with 60 days of technical
support. Current trueSpace5.1 users will be able to upgrade for
$99; the upgrade is free for proTeam subscribers.

Demonstration versions of trueSpace5.2 and Live Help are
available at:

www.caligari.com