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To: Obejuan who wrote (139)	8/17/1998 10:00:00 AM
From: John B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 209

Another Patent Approval!!!! BW0102 AUG 17,1998 6:06 PACIFIC 09:06 EASTERN ( BW)(SYNTHONICS-TECHNOLOGIES)(SNNT) Synthonics Technologies Patents Process for Applying Real-Life Textures to 3-D Wireframes Business & Technology Editors WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 1998-- New Process Enables Web Site Advertisers to Create Highly Affordable, Exact 3-D Digital Replicas of Any Object Synthonics Technologies (OTC BB:SNNT) Monday announced that the company has been issued a patent for a unique process used to wrap photographic content around computer-generated wireframe structures. The process is used to create 3-D digital replicas of any object that can be photographed. The unique texture-mapping process is an integral part of Synthonics' revolutionary new 3-D rendering technology, Rapid Virtual Reality (RVR). Using two or more digitized photographs of an object, the technology builds a wireframe "skeleton" structure of that object on the computer screen. Automatically, as the wireframe is constructed, photographic textures are wrapped around the outer surface creating an accurate 3-D replica in digital form. "Conventional CAD (computer-aided design) techniques could take days, weeks or months to build the same object," said Synthonics President and CEO F. Michael Budd. "The RVR process can be carried out in a matter of minutes to hours, depending upon the size and complexity of the image." Once completed, users can virtually manipulate the 3-D replica on-screen and look at the back, top, front or underside from any perspective, just as they would in real life. The phototextures make the virtual object look so real that they are called replicas. In addition to creating high-quality, natural-looking images in less time, the new process also results in dramatically smaller-sized files, as the surface textures of the item need not be re-created via a paint or illustration program. The reduced file size provides Webmasters with an inexpensive way to create better images that download quickly, require less time to transmit and occupy less storage space on visitors' systems. Titled, "Method and apparatus for rapidly rendering photo-realistic surfaces on 3-dimensional wireframes automatically using user defined points," the new patent makes Synthonics the sole proprietor of the first affordable texture-mapping technology that brings real life images (not re-created ones) into the 3-D rendering process. "The difference between RVR and conventional 3-D rendering processes is like night and day," said Charles Palm, Ph.D., inventor of the process and co-founder of Synthonics. "Bumps, scratches, dings, dirt, cracks and stains are convincingly portrayed in a way that is nearly impossible for conventional CAD techniques. "Currently, we are using RVR technology to create 3-D digital replicas of national treasures from the Smithsonian Institution museums. Our process is life-like, because it uses photos of the real thing." A Smithsonian Collections CD-ROM featuring RVR 3-D digital replicas will be available in September 1998.