MetaCreations Announces New "MetaFlash" Internet Technology

CARPINTERIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 1999 -- MetaCreations Corp. (Nasdaq:MCRE - news) Thursday announced that the company has developed a technological advancement, named MetaFlash?, as a component of the company's 'Creative Web' strategy.

MetaFlash? enables Web developers to easily and affordably capture photo-realistic 3D images for interactive use on the Internet. MetaFlash? is the combination of a flash attachment designed by MetaCreations for standard digital cameras and powerful MetaCreations software that reconstructs the digital pictures into high-quality, texture-mapped 3D wire frame models. The company believes that MetaFlash? technology will dramatically reduce the time and cost involved in producing photorealistic 3D Web images.