Oxygen GVX1 fuels many high-voltage projects; Oxygen family noted by industry publications as a superlative workstation graphics accelerator
SUNNYVALE, CA – May 25, 2000 – 3Dlabs, Inc. (NASDAQ:TDDD) today announced that Tigar Hare Studios (Los Angeles) has used its award-winning Oxygen GVX1 workstation graphics accelerator throughout the creation of the Mission: Impossible 2 title sequence – enabling the rapid production of sophisticated, high-quality animation effects. Tigar Hare has also used Oxygen cards extensively on other animation projects, including work for Outback Steak House and eMachines, among others. To read more about 3Dlabs’ End User Successes and to see animations of the work produced on the Oxygen family of accelerators, please visit our web site.
“The Oxygen GVX1 provided excellent redraw speed that enabled us to get real-time animation approvals from our client for the Mission: Impossible 2 project,” said David Hare, creative director, Tigar Hare Studios. “Our client for the Outback Steak House commercial required a photo-realistic tidal wave in very little time, and eMachines wanted a virtual fly-through of one of their computers. The phenomenal texture mapping power and geometry acceleration of the Oxygen GVX1 let us do these assignments in much less time than we had anticipated.”
The design productivity delivered by the Oxygen family of professional graphics accelerators, combined with the animation skills of Tigar Hare, is strongly appreciated by the clients of this fast growing studio:
“The interactivity that Tigar Hare provided cut my design time in half, and when it went to film it was exactly what I expected to see,” Bruce Schluter, designer at Greenberg/Schluter, Inc., Title Designers for Universal Studios.
“The Oxygen GVX1 provided Tigar Hare Studios with the power to quickly create dozens of animated texture layers for the tidal wave surface — so that in just a week, we had an incredible looking rough draft,” said Christopher Willoughby, creative director, Artifact, Inc. “We were able to use this as reference for the shoot, allowing us to stay on time and on budget.”
“3Dlabs is focused on developing graphics accelerators that bring outstanding productivity to graphics professionals – and it is great to see Oxygen cards delivering in intense design projects such as M:I2,” said Neil Trevett, vice president of marketing of 3Dlabs. “It is also good to see the key industry publications, and their readerships, appreciating the unique blend of performance and quality that Oxygen boards bring to design professionals around the world.”
Accolades from the Press 3Dlabs continues to be honored by many of the industry’s leading professional 3D design and animation magazines. These awards and reviews recognize and support 3Dlabs’ leadership position in professional 3D graphics technology on the PC and were awarded to 3Dlabs and its partners.
A/V Video Magazine, January 2000: “Oxygen GVX1 Earns Reader’s Choice Award” This award was awarded to the Oxygen GVX1 based on a vote of A/V Video Magazine users asked to elect their favorite graphics card.
Cadalyst Magazine, January 2000: “The Compaq AP550 and the Oxygen GVX1 offer an excellent combo of 2D and 3D performance with AutoCAD 2000,” said Art Liddle, senior technical editor for Cadalyst Magazine, in an extensive workstation system review.
Mac World UK, April 2000: “Editors Choice, Multimedia Hardware” Formac is a partner of 3Dlabs using the Permedia3 graphics processor on the Proformance III graphics card – bringing professional 2D and 3D graphics power to the Mac platform. This honor was awarded to the bundle of the Formac Proformance III & stereo glasses.
The Award-winning 3Dlabs Oxygen Family of accelerators will be available for viewing on 3Dlabs’ booth #3029 at Siggraph in New Orleans, LA July 25, 25 & 27, 2000.
About Tigar
Hare Studios Tigar Hare Studios is a high-end 3D computer animation and graphics design studio providing innovative and creative solutions. Visual Effects Supervisor/Co-Creative Director Michael Tigar and Technical Director/Co-Creative Director David Hare have built a completely integrated and powerful animation studio from the ground up that has quickly gained a reputation for expert execution and value-added client support. The company services clients in commercial, broadcast, feature film, special venue markets, computer gaming, convergence media and web animation.
About 3Dlabs
Founded in 1994, 3Dlabs is a leading supplier of integrated hardware and software graphics accelerator solutions for workstations and design professionals. 3Dlabs develops silicon, boards and software drivers to create products that effectively meet the performance and quality needs of users who rely on graphics for their productivity. 3Dlabs sells its award-winning Oxygen and Permedia products to leading PC OEMs including Compaq, Dell, Everex, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, MaxVision, NEC and Siemens-Nixdorf, through an international distributor and reseller network and directly to end-users at 3Dlabs’ online store.
