SpeedTree®RT Stars in Seven New, Exclusive Gothic® 3 Screenshots
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COLUMBIA, SC - Players and journalists awaiting Gothic 3, the next release in the popular Piranha Bytes franchise, are invited to www.speedtree.com to view an exclusive set of seven new screenshots.
"These new images capture the power of Gothic 3's graphical excellence," said Michael Rueve, managing director of Pluto 13 GmbH , "and have been provided exclusively for display at the SpeedTree website because SpeedTree is a major force behind much of the beauty and realism you see there."
IDV chose to post the images both because of their impressive beauty and because they represent a means for reaching out to players of SpeedTree-powered games, said Kevin Meredith, Director of Business Development for SpeedTree developer Interactive Data Visualization.
"Players may not always be aware of the technologies behind their favorite games," said Mr. Meredith. "We hope with these new images to let fans of the Gothic series know why the trees look so amazing in the next release. Piranha Bytes has made excellent use of our technology."
Many European game sites have included Gothic 3 on their "most wanted" lists, making it one of the continent's most highly anticipated titles of the year. More information about Gothic 3 may be found at www.gothic3.com.
Pluto 13 GmbH, based in Essen, Germany better known for its label Piranha Bytes, is the developer of the top-selling Gothic® series of RPGs, including Gothic, Gothic II and The Night of the Raven, an add-on to Gothic II. For more information visit www.piranha-bytes.com
SpeedTreeRT, winner of the 2005 Front Line Award for middleware, delivers highly realistic trees and plants, with adjustable wind effects, user-configurable and seamless LOD transitions, and an included library of more than 1,000 tree, plant and marine models representing 200 species. SpeedTreeRT includes SpeedTreeCAD, a Windows application used to create and edit animated trees in real-time. More information is available at www.speedtree.com.
Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. (IDV), develops software products with a focus on real-time three dimensional applications for the game development, visual simulation, engineering visualization, and animation industries. IDV, a privately held corporation, was founded in 1999 in Columbia, South Carolina. For more information about IDV, visit www.idvinc.com.
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CONTACT
September 13, 2006 Kevin Meredith
(803) 356-1999 | meredith@idvinc.com