PARK CITY, Utah, October 29, 2004 -- Carbon Graphics LLC is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Geo VNS™ - a professional photorealistic-capable terrain visualization, modeling & rendering package. VNS (Visual Nature Studio™) was developed by 3D Nature LLC and is offered by Carbon Graphics as a natural complementary product to Geo - the premiere 3D Modeling & Animation package for the Visual Simulation market.
Previously targeted towards the GIS community, VNS can now be used (with the included OpenFlight™ Exporter add-on) to create high-fidelity real-time ready databases using various Digital Elevation Models, vector data & remote-sensed imagery formats. Some of the impressive features include the ability to combine data in different projections and datums, edit vectors with ease, create DEMs from scratch and build simulation-ready databases using the supplied object library.
VNS uses a powerful component based approach with user-controlled rules over their creation, rendering & export. Existing components include 3D materials, 3D objects, atmosphere, cloud maps, ecosystems, environments, foliage effects, ground effects, lake & water effects, shadows, linear and aerial terraffectors, thematic maps and walls. Terraffectors, for example, lets you alter the shape of the underlying terrain along a Vector Object. The terrain along the Vector will take the shape defined by a Cross Section Profile. This makes it easy to create things like roads, runways, dams, railroad beds and more.
Build additional vis-sim ready objects and features in Geo (such as buildings, vehicles, cultural features, trees, signage etc.) and have them auto-populated and positioned within VNS. Load VNS-generated databases into Geo for Scene Graph modification, tweaking and/or export to other run-time formats. Pass data between the applications in OpenFlight (.flt), 3DStudio (.3ds), VRML (.wrl) or Wavefront (.obj) formats.
VNS can be purchased separately or as part of our new Geo DBGS (Data Base Generation System) bundle. This bundle pairs VNS with Geo PRO.
Andy Bushnell, Carbon Graphics' President stated: "We are very excited about the introduction of VNS into the broader visual simulation community. I am sure that people will be blown away by what is possible with this product's fresh and powerful methodology for creating real-time databases." Mr. Bushnell further added: "Interested parties can see VNS first hand on the carbon Graphics booth (#1919) at this year's I/ITSEC show in Orlando."
A demo version of Geo VNS - fully functional but with save disabled is available now.
About Carbon Graphics
Carbon Graphics LLC is an innovative company
specializing in software products & services for the Visual Simulation
market. Their flagship product is Geo - a 3D modeling and animation tool used
for building, editing & animating dynamic real-time models and scenes. Visit
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