EDS Launches Vis Concept 3.0

With Vis Concept 3.0, a Teamcenter product, users can present high-resolution, three-dimensional designs to create products that more closely meet customers' needs.

DETROIT, Mich. - EDS today announced the release of Vis Concept 3.0, a Teamcenter product from the company's PLM Solutions line of business.

EDS made the announcement in conjunction with the Detroit SAE 2002 World Congress, March 4-7, the largest automotive original equipment service, parts and components exhibition in the world.

Vis Concept is a software solution used to present conceptual designs as full-size virtual prototypes, and enables manufacturers to experience, evaluate and explore products designs in a realistic virtual environment. Vis Concept also allows designs to be presented to a wide range of prospects and focus groups in the concept phase, helping to create a product that satisfies the target market.

"Vis Concept offers a 1:1 scale immersive virtual reality environment," said Chuck Grindstaff, president, PLM Products, EDS PLM Solutions. "This environment fosters innovation by allowing users to actively work with their designs, to quickly review and evaluate multiple concepts early in the product design phase before designs are fully committed and changes become cost-prohibitive. Through this process, manufacturers can improve their ability to bring better products to market faster."

Using Vis Concept, users can present high-resolution, photo-realistic designs on their desktop computers or on large screens up to eight feet in height within special virtual reality environments known as CAVEs, PowerWalls, and Desks. Physical prototypes are replaced with realistic, interactive 1:1 scale virtual prototypes that can be viewed in a three-dimensional virtual reality setting using special 3D glasses. Vis Concept is CAD neutral, supporting a wide range of industry CAD products through a Direct Model (.JT) common data interface.

About Vis Concept 3.0 Along with notable improvements in speed and overall performance, other enhancements in Vis Concept 3.0 include: 

Multi-pass textures - allows multiple combinations of environment maps and textures to be applied to an object. This enhances the realism of the user's virtual experience. 

Bump mapping texture-blending method - used to model realistic rough surfaces on objects. 

3D text primitives - allows users to generate 3D text and place it anywhere in a 3D display. 

Video display - enables existing electronically recorded videos to be displayed with immersive playback controls. 

Behaviour controlled sounds - allows users to add sounds to their virtual reality experience. 

Availability 

Vis Concept 3.0 is fully supported on Hewlett-Packard and SGI hardware platforms and will be available in Q1 2002. For more information, call 877/342-5847.

About EDS 

EDS, the leading global services company, provides strategy, implementation and hosting for clients managing the business and technology complexities of the digital economy. EDS brings together the world's best technologies to address critical client business imperatives. It helps clients eliminate boundaries, collaborate in new ways, establish their customers' trust and continuously seek improvement. EDS, with its management-consulting subsidiary, A.T. Kearney, serves the world's leading companies and governments in 58 countries. EDS reported revenues of $21.5 billion in 2001. The company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: EDS) and the London Stock Exchange. 

www.eds.com

 

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