RNWK--DigiScents Launches ScentWare Developers Kit -- SDK -- At Game Developers Conference, March 2000; iSmell a Standard for Digital Scent Technology
BUSINESS WIRE - March 01, 2000 08:47
OAKLAND, Calif., Mar 1, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DigiScents, Inc. (www.digiscents.com), the pioneer of Digital Scent Technology, has announced that the company will unveil its ScentWare SDK at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Jose, California.
The conference takes place March 6-12, 2000, at the San Jose Convention Center; DigiScents will be exhibiting from March 10-12 at booth no. 1046.
"With the launch of our SDK, we are setting the standard for digital scent technology and creating a new dimension of communication," states Dexster Smith, President of DigiScents. "Since we are making our SDK incredibly easy to implement, we expect to see an explosion of scent enabled content."
"Using the ScentWare(TM) SDK, a developer can scent enable a game within an hour," explains DigiScents Director of ScentStream(TM) Technology, Cooksey Thomas, who previously developed the Sega Dreamcast's audio API. "The SDK contains all you need to create killer scented games that allow gamers to smell environments, entities, and prizes." Thomas will unveil the SDK at the DigiScents Sponsored Session at GDC on Sunday, March 12, at 2:30 p.m.
Examples of scent associations that can be coded into game ScentTracks(TM) are:
-- Worlds and Environments (a cave, the beach, forest, watering
hole)
-- Entities (Lara Croft's perfume, smell of hidden Pokemon(R), the
odor of the enemy)
-- Prizes (bananas, coins, elixirs)
-- User Actions (invoking magic, firing a gun)
-- Events (tires melting, explosion, change of weather)
The ScentWare(TM) SDK features:
-- Intelligent Scent Rendering
-- Adjustable Scent Parameters
-- ReminiScents(TM) Database of ScentObjects(TM)
-- iSmell(TM) Emulator
-- Two example scent-enabled games in C++/Direct X and Java
-- Example Code and Boilerplate
-- Full Documentation
To join the ScentWare Developers Program, developers can visit www.digiscents.com or write to developers@digiscents.com.
About DigiScents, Inc.
DigiScents is partnering with leading web sites and interactive media companies to scent-enable the Internet. With DigiScents(TM) Digital Scent Technology, consumers will be able to enjoy more lifelike and memorable experiences with scented Web sites, e-mail, movies, music, e-commerce, interactive games, and online advertising.
In October 1999, DigiScents first announced its complete solution for digitizing and broadcasting scents over the Internet. Through its partnership with RealNetworks (Nasdaq:RNWK), DigiScents ScentStream(TM) software will be auto-downloaded to almost 100 million RealPlayer users. Through its partnership with Hong Kong-listed Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW; HKSE:1186), DigiScents technology will be available across all of the Asia-Pacific via NOW, PCCW's enormous Internet, e-commerce, and interactive television network.
DigiScents is a privately held corporation located in Oakland, California. The company was founded in February 1999 by Dexster Smith and Joel Bellenson. Bellenson and Smith also founded DoubleTwist (www.doubletwist.com), formerly Pangea Systems Inc., the world's leading biotechnology company.
Note to Editors: DigiScents(TM), ScentStream(TM), iSmell(TM), ScentWare(TM), ScentTracks(TM), ReminiScents(TM), and ScentObjects(TM) are trademarks of DigiScents, Inc. RealNetworks(R) and RealPlayer(R) are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. All other companies or products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
