Thu, 9 Aug 2001

December 5th, 2000: Manchester, England - 3D software specialists bioVirtual launch 3DmeNow Lite at www.biovirtual.com. The free version of this groundbreaking program allows both non-artists and 3d modelers to create colour 3D models of anyone, directly from photographs or artwork in minutes and then to send them as talking e-mail!

"This technology allows even an inexperienced user to create a photo-realistic, talking e-mail with a download size of less than 150k!" said Paul Sherwood, President of bioVirtual. "The 3DMeNow™ software makes that potential available to anyone, without the need for specialist modeling skills or expensive 3D hardware. You can use it to make serious, as well as humorous, 3d character content of all kinds." After a once-only download of the bioPlayer [www.biovirtual.com/bioPlayer] users can view messages simply by clicking on the bio icon attached to the body of the mail.

3DMeNow is a real-time photogrammetry application - allowing users of all skill levels to build the highest quality models using a simple control-point (perimeter-based) methodology.

The application allows the user to load source images (such as digital pictures of themselves or any subject to be modeled), and to make animated 3D models from it - for distribution via the web or email. You can use this software to make a talking model of yourself and put it on your website to tell the world about you and what you do.

3DmeNow technology is already being used to develop new solutions in human identification for Police and Security applications, as well as in computer games and internet/multimedia.

About bioVirtual

bioVirtual was established in early 1999 to commercialise research and development undertaken since 1993 in technology for photorealistic 3D human models, characters and avatars. We aim to establish our state-of-the-art software and methodology as the de facto standard for 3D people in security, scientific and entertainment. Early adopters of bioVirtual technology and models include LIPS Inc, Pulse Entertainment, the BBC and others we can't disclose.

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