Kaidan Announces Expanded Line of 3-D Object Imaging Turntables and Solutions
New York City, NY, Macworld Expo July 18, 2001 - Kaidan Incorporated, the leading manufacturer of Photographic VR hardware announced today two new motorized turntables and expanded bundled software solutions for 3-D Object solutions.
The Kaidan PiXi-M motorized turntable is available today bundled with the SpinImage software from Autolycus. The bundled solution, known as the 3-D Object Imaging Kit, is used to create 3-D object movies in a matter of minutes. The user places the object of interest on the PiXi-M turntable. Digital video of the spinning object is sent to the computer (Macintosh or Windows) where the SpinImage software converts the video stream into an object movie that is ready to be transferred to a Web site for subsequent viewing. The user can choose from either the SpinImage format (HTML-based) or a QuickTimeŽ VR format. The PiXi-M turntable has a working diameter of nine inches and can support a maximum weight of twenty pounds. The 3-D Object Imaging Kit is available immediately from Kaidan and all Kaidan distributors and resellers.
Kaidan also announced at the show a new, larger continuous motion turntable, the Magellan-M. This turntable, due out later this year, has a working diameter of eighteen inches and will support considerably more weight than the PiXi-M turntable. The Magellan-M will also be available in bundled configurations with Autolycus SpinImage software upon its introduction.
According to Kaidan VP of Engineering, Sal DiPaolo, "We're really excited to be offering a solution that is revolutionizing the creation of interactive 3-D objects for the Web. Our new turntables and solution bundles are bringing affordable 3-D object creation to the masses. People are creating object movies of their collectibles, eBay auction items, valuables and products. The PiXi-M turntable already works with DV video cameras and a number of FireWire web cameras and in the near future, you will see Kaidan introducing still-image solutions as well."
Kaidan Announces Realviz Stitcher 3.0 Hardware/Software Bundles
New York City, NY, Macworld Expo July 18, 2001 - Kaidan Incorporated, the leading manufacturer of Photographic VR hardware announced today the immediate availability of Realviz Stitcher V3.0 either separately, or bundled with Kaidan spherical panoramic tripod heads, such as the Kaidan KiWi+ Spherical or QuickPan Spherical.
Stitcher's key benefits include taking multi-row pictures in a full sphere, to export to various formats including QT4, QT5 (QTVR Cubic), Java and Web3D formats, and to provide multi-resolution rendering. This makes Stitcher ideal for a wide range of applications ranging from immersive imaging on the web to high-resolution digital pictures ready to print in large format. Stitcher is a professional level application that dramatically reduces production times and costs for web and multimedia design.
The latest version of Stitcher software offers users significant new feature enhancements over version 1.5, which was released in the Autumn of 2000. Version 3.0 supports file export to QuickTime 5 (QTVR Cubic) and Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio (Windows NT/2000 Professional), enabling Macromedia Director developers to deliver rich, photo-real 3D models and panoramic experiences to a vast on-line audience. Stitcher V 3.0 also boasts a sleeker engine design, a new interface and improved memory management for increased ease-of-use.
Kaidan Announces Reseller Alliance with iView
New York City, NY, Macworld Expo July 18, 2001 - Kaidan Incorporated, the leading manufacturer of Photographic VR hardware and iView have announced today that Kaidan will be reselling iView's Media Pro software. iView MediaPro allows content creators to manage, organize, find, view, play, print and convert diverse media types. In addition, MediaPro also has a slideshow feature that can play music and have up to 16 photos or movies onscreen simultaneously. MediaPro is a particularly useful tool for those who create immersive imaging content, such as QuickTime VR panoramas or object movies.
MediaPro can handle a wide variety of file formats including, HTML, Quark, Canvas, Painter, MGI/Live Picture, Freehand, PageMaker, Illustrator, GIF, JPG, TIFF, PICT, GX, BMP, Targa, EPS, fonts, sounds, movies, QuickTime VR, animation, MPEG, PNG, Photoshop, MIDI, Karaoke, Electric Image, Electronic Arts, CorelDraw, ClarisWorks, AppleWorks and many others. In addition, iView is the only media browser capable of full PDF & EPS rendering.
According to Kaidan VP of Engineering, Sal DiPaolo, "Media Pro is a great utility for organizing finished QuickTimeŽ VR files as well as sorting, storing and managing the source images used in the creation of panoramas and object movies."
