To: DanielleC who wrote (91531 ) 8/27/1999 11:02:00 AM From: songw Respond to of 119973
IPIX 20; Same Business as BAMB Bamboo.com BAMB continues its move northward after yesterday's stunning IPO- currently trading 24 after opening near 9 yesterday. BAMBbamboo.com provides virtual tours of real estate properties for sale or rent in more than 100 metropolitan areas across the US and Canada. The tours allow users to view the inside and outside of properties, panning right and left or zooming in for a better look. bamboo.com charges real estate agents a one-time fee to videotape a property, convert the videotape into a virtual tour, and distribute the tour through Internet sites or e-mail. The company markets its tours through agreements with Web sites such as REALTOR.com and HomeBuilder.com. hbn.hoovers.com Traders may want to keep an eye on another recent IPO, Interactive Pictures IPIX , which announced yesterday a service that is virtually the same as BAMB's- "Aug. 26, 1999-- Interactive Pictures Corporation (NASDAQ: IPIX - news), a leader in immersive imaging for the Internet, and Winkworth, a premier provider of residential real estate services in the United Kingdom, today announced the exclusive deployment of IPIX Virtual Tours on www.winkworth.co.uk/. IPIX Virtual Tours allow agents to market and promote properties to potential buyers, while also giving renters or buyers a chanceto see a property the same via Internet as they would if they were actually there. Unlike other services that only offer a limited panoramic view, IPIX virtual tours provide a complete 360-degree by 360-degree field of view, from the skylight above to the beautiful hardwood floors below, and around all four walls. "biz.yahoo.com BAMB trading 24s IPIX near 20