PARK CITY, Utah, December 3, 2004 -- Carbon Graphics and Precision Lightworks are pleased to announce the new urban photo modeling plugin for Geo. Geo Photo is the Carbon Graphic's product name for Precision Lightworks' Nverse Photo technology - now available as a native Geo plugin.
Nverse Photo is a fast interactive urban scene builder. Using a powerful user-directed interface that can turn traced shapes into 3D textured structures in seconds. There is no need for stereo pairs, stereoplotters or armies of operators. The plugin requires two or more images (raw or geo-referenced - not ortho-rectified imagery) as input. Imagery can be aerial or satellite, vertical or oblique - it doesn't matter to Nverse!. Use the built-in photogrammetry & automated assistance tools to rapidly create stunning and accurate cityscapes - ideal for both simulation and GIS applications. This level of photogrammetry tool has previously been the domain of (and limited to) large, proprietary (and expensive) applications.
Nverse Photo is tightly integrated into Carbon Graphics' Geo PRO - the premiere 3D modeling and animation package for visual simulation. This integration makes it is possible to further enhance the extracted model with Geo's advanced modeling & scene graph manipulation tools, as well as providing access to Geo's powerful suite of existing vis-sim export formats. These include OpenFlight®, Aechelon Technology's® HIE™ Image Generator format, Designer's Workbench (.dwb) and VRML 2.0 among others.
Nverse Photo will be demonstrated on the Carbon Graphics booth (#1919) at the upcoming I/ITSEC 2004 trade show in Orlando, Florida.
The Nverse Photo plugin will be offered by Carbon Graphics on its own (to existing Geo customers) or as part of their new Geo CITY and Geo DBGS PRO bundles. Geo CITY adds the Nverse Photo urban modeling plugin to Geo PRO, whereas Geo DBGS PRO adds it to the existing Geo DBGS bundle.
Andy Bushnell, Carbon Graphics' President stated: "The power and ease of use of this plugin really has to be seen to be believed. The combination of Nverse Photo & Geo PRO is an awesome tool for the creation and editing of urban databases." Mr Bushnell further added: "You can keep doing things the old manual way or keep using your outdated existing tool if you like, but you really should take a look at what Nverse has to offer - I can guarantee you that it will be worth the effort!".
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 PRO - a 3D modeling and animation tool used
for building, editing & animating dynamic real-time models and scenes. Visit
the Carbon Graphics Web site at http://www.carbongraphics.com
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About Precision Lightworks
Precision Lightworks creates advanced 3D modeling, animation, and visualization software for architects, animators, news media, graphic arts, visual simulation, and virtual reality. Precision Lightworks, LLC is located in Melbourne, FL. Visit Precision Lightworks at http://www.precisionlightworks.com
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Ellery Chan
Precision Lightworks, LLC
(321) 674-9910
ellery@precisionlightworks.com
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