| ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan 28, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- View Systems Inc. (OTC BB:VYST) announced today that the company's deal with the MGM
 Grand to install License Plate Optical Character Recognition is
 underway. View Systems installed the first stage of License Plate
 Optical Character Recognition, and the company will polish the software
 to bring it to its full operation. The system will be at its maximum
 functionality within the next several months. The contract with MGM
 Grand will extend into the installation of facial recognition ability
 on a medium scale for review and evaluation.
 
 "We are excited to be working with one of the finest operations in the
 industry. The MGM Grand is a leader of casino/hotel systems worldwide.
 They shine, especially in their security and surveillance systems. The
 surveillance control room manages over 2200 cameras live and
 interactive," states View Systems President, Gunther Than. "The key to
 facilitating a successful management tool will be a system driven by
 License Plate Optical Character Recognition and facial recognition.
 With more than 70,000 people making their way through the casino on a
 daily basis and a current internal database containing 10,000 profiles,
 our system will allow the MGM Grand to increasingly protect itself from
 any dishonest individuals."
 
 View Systems manufactures and markets surveillance systems implementing
 a proprietary digital technology for compression, storage and
 transmission. The Company's products have a powerful user interface,
 which permits access from across town or half way around the world.
 
 View Systems is an exhibitor at CTIA's Wireless 2000 show in New
 Orleans from February 28 through March 1. Wireless 2000 is the single
 largest international event that will bring together over 20,000
 top-level industry executives and decision makers from around the world
 to conduct business, form partnerships, and build relationships.
 
 The above statements, regarding this announcement, which are not purely
 historical are forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the
 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including View
 Systems, Inc. beliefs, expectations, hopes or intentions regarding the
 future. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof
 and based on information available to View Systems, Inc. as of such
 date. It is important to note that actual outcome and the actual
 results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking
 statements. Factors that could actual results to differ materially
 include risks and uncertainties such as technological, legislative and
 marketplace changes.
 
 
 
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