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REALVIZ Unveils SMART at NAB 2005

REALVIZ chose NAB 2005 as the setting for the introduction of SMART ('Scalable Matching Architecture for Tracking'), a new automatic tracking engine, which is the result of extensive R&D efforts at the company's headquarters in the South of France. MatchMover Pro will be the first of the REALVIZ products powered by SMART, with a release slated for June 2005 on Macintosh, Windows and Linux. The REALVIZ team will be demonstrating SMART, MatchMover Pro, MatchMover Pro MoCap and StoryViz at booth #SL4065 throughout NAB from April 18-21, 2005.

"SMART is the distillation of many years of technological research and long-standing experience of the effects industry," said Luc Robert, REALVIZ cto. "For some years now, our 3D tracking technology has been singled out by leading software vendors and studios as the best available, and integrated within their high-end FX products, such as Autodesk's Discreet® Inferno. SMART is the continuation of this tradition of excellence, with a new generation of algorithms."

"Combining this new-generation tracking technology with an unbeatable range of features as always, the forthcoming version of MatchMover Pro powered by SMART, due before this summer, will be the beginning of radical changes in the world of tracking," continues Robert. "More than ever, we welcome the challenge of even the most demanding users, the ones with THE shot that cannot be solved, and are ready to prove, that unlike other similar applications, which often hit a brick wall in these kinds of situations, REALVIZ MatchMover Pro will always find its way to the solution. I think our existing users, and anybody who hasn't taken a look at MatchMover Pro for a while, as well as any newcomers to tracking, will be pleasantly surprised at what we are bringing to the market this year."

REALVIZ MatchMover technology has been used to create visual effects in many recent major movies, including: THE LIFE AQUATIC, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR, KING ARTHUR, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS, TROY, THE LAST SAMURAI' HELLBOY and A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT.

REALVIZ MatchMover Pro 3.1 is available for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3 - 2000 SP2, XP, Mac OS X v10.3 & Linux Kernel 2.4 (glibc 2.3). REALVIZ currently offer 2 distinct versions of MatchMover Pro:

* MatchMover Pro 3.1: the 'de facto' reference for 2D tracking and 3D tracking. Price: 3,000 /$3,500.* MatchMover Pro 3.1 MoCap: a new and flexible solution for motion capture of non-rigid objects (bodies, faces) from any number of cameras (two minimum), which can be fixed or moving cameras. Includes scripting capability and floating server license. The MatchMover MoCap module requires MatchMover Pro 3.1. Price: 10,000 /$11,500.

Free up-grades for the forthcoming MatchMover Pro powered by SMART will be available to customers who purchase MatchMover Pro before the release of the new version in June 2005. Additional details on pricing and availability will be announced at this time.

REALVIZ is a leading developer of image based creation software based in Sophia Antipolis, France, with U.S. operations in San Francisco, California and a satellite sales office in London, Paris and Berlin. REALVIZ develops a suite of image-based content creation solutions for the film, broadcast, gaming, digital imaging, architecture and Internet communities. More information can be found at www.realviz.com.

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