This was released a few days ago. I just signed up to check out the conference in Boston this tuesday am 6/29. I'll let you know what I think.
MetaCreations and Apple Reveal Interactive and
E-Merchandising Solutions during New Seminar Series
"If you can dream it you can stream it" series to focus
on 3D Internet technology for e-commerce and other
creativity applications
Carpinteria, Calif.- June 22, 1999 -- MetaCreations Corporation, the Creative
Web Company, (Nasdaq: MCRE) today launched Creativity Conference II, a
series of free seminars to help educate technology users about 3D and how
it can be used to revolutionize Web interactivity, e-merchandising and other
applications. The seminars at Apple Market centers across the United States
are a joint venture between MetaCreations and Apple Computer to give
insight into real-world practical uses of creative, digital tools for Web artists
and graphics professionals. The series begins today in Detroit.
The seminars will explore the creative possibilities of MetaCreations' latest
3D products including Canoma, which rapidly transforms 2D images into
photo-realistic 3D images; Bryce 4, which builds natural and super natural
3D landscapes; and MetaStream the widely-used open-file standard for
streaming 3D objects over the Internet.
"Hosting these seminars with Apple gives us the ability to reach out to the
people that benefit most from our products, from our traditional customer
base of 2D graphics designers to our expanding audience of 3D
e-commerce Web developers," said David Roberts, Manager of Evangelism
for MetaCreations. "The Creativity Conference II series offers exciting
solutions for creating and streaming 3D for use on the Web and will help
MetaCreations to further educate and excite graphics and Web professionals
on the power of 3D digital tools to unleash creative opportunities, speed
workflow and revolutionize the online shopping experience."
The seminar will demonstrate how MetaCreations' 3D products:
Make e-merchandising a more lifelike, sensory experience
Enhance a variety of online environments
Easily integrate with popular design applications
The decision to jointly offer a second round of the seminar series stems
from the success of the first round, a recently concluded multi-city event for
the graphic design industry, which exposed the individual and combined
possibilities available from a extensive selection of digital tools and
technologies.
The seminars are intended for professionals from any industry that use
graphics, attendees who can benefit from an ability to think and create in 3D
and will be hosted at Apple Market centers in the following major U.S. cities
during June and July of this year:
June 22, Detroit/Troy, MI
June 24, Minneapolis, MN
June 29, Boston, MA
June 29, Toronto, ON
July 1, New York, NY
July 1, Santa Monica, CA
July 8, Chicago, IL
July 8, Cupertino, CA
July 13, San Francisco, CA
July 13, Dallas, TX
July 13, Philadelphia, PA
July 14, Vancouver, BC
July 15, Houston, TX
July 15, Reston, VA
July 27, Atlanta, GA
July 29, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
To register visit the seminar series section of Apple's Web site at
seminars.apple.com or call (800) 895-4853.
About MetaCreations
MetaCreations Corporation, the Creative Web company, is focused on
developing and marketing 2D and 3D visualization software for graphic
artists, and the World Wide Web. MetaCreations' Creative Web strategy is
centered on the company's new MetaStreamTM and MetaFlashTM
technologies, and employs an array of MetaCreations' software development
tools to accelerate the creation of 2D and 3D graphics for online
applications, and to make fast, interactive use of photo-realistic 3D on the
Web practical and pervasive. MetaCreations offers a complete product line
of award-winning graphics desktop software for both professional users and
consumers, and its products are available in more than 50 countries. The
company is headquartered in Santa Barbara County, California, and has
development centers in Scotts Valley, Calif., and Princeton, N.J., as well as
an International Operations Center in Dublin, Ireland. MetaCreations can be
reached on the World Wide Web at metacreations.com.
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Contact: Heather Carnevale
GCI Group
(212) 537-8041
hcarnevale@gcigroup.com |
