Released on = March 28, 2006, 6:35 am

Press Release Author = VizUp Technology

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = VizUp Standard is an easy-to-use polygon reduction tool for
optimizing 3D models

Press Release Body = Compressed 3D Models Still Look Great with VizUp 2!

VizUp Technology unveils a new polygon reduction system that enables anyone to
reduce the number of polygons in a complex 3D model up to 90% without much effect on
its visual quality

VANCOUVER, Canada. - March 14, 2006: VizUp Technology today announces the
unveiling of VizUp 2, a new product family, which embraces VizUp Standard,
Professional and Enterprise edition. VizUp is an ad-hoc polygon reduction system
that enables you to reduce the number of polygons in a complex 3D model while
retaining the quality and appearance of the original. The end result of the
reduction is a 3D model with a well-balanced level of details and size, which is
perfect for the use in virtual reality and real-time visualization systems. The
process of reduction is extremely simple and doesn't require any advanced knowledge.
VizUp automatically picks all necessary parameters without any manual interference
on your side.

VizUp has a refreshingly uncomplicated user interface, which consists of the 3D
viewer in the center and a toolbar with all commands and options ready at hand. Once
you loaded a model, you can compress it with a single click on the Reduce button on
the toolbar. VizUp performs the compression automatically. The best thing in it is
that a model is compressed for all possible ratios at once. This means you can see
the effect of any compression level instantly without having to restart polygon
reduction each time for 10%, 20%, 30%, and other ratios. Another good thing about
VizUp is its unique ability to retain the original look of a model. VizUp doesn't
change the coordinates of the vertices and it results in minimal distortions during
texture mapping even at high compression ratios. You can examine the result of
reduction in 3D from different perspectives and in different visualization modes.
This includes displaying a model as a set of textures, a set of smooth surfaces
colored according to the material properties, as an object consisting of flat
polygons, as a wireframe, or as a set of vertices.

Version 2 of VizUp builds on the success of the previous release that saw a high
customer adoption in 2005 and received favorable comments and recommendations from
customers like the one that belongs to Stuart Williams from Virtuality. "I have
tried out several commercial polygon reduction tools in the past, and this is easily
as good or better than them. It's extremely simple to use and the polygon reduction
is great. Very useful for simplifying models made with nurbs or metaballs. It
reduced a high-poly vrml model from 617kb to 115kb with practically no difference in
appearance. I had to check the wireframe view to be sure of what I was seeing."

VizUp's Features at a Glance:
. High quality of complex model optimization;
. Extremely simple and user-friendly;
. Optimization is performed automatically, no parameter tuning necessary;
. Decrease the number of polygons dramatically without loosing quality;
. Perform optimization only once - simultaneously for all possible reduction ratios;
. Visual control for model tuning during the process of optimization;
. Built-in 3D viewer is intuitive and lets you examine your model;
. File structure stays the same - comments, text format, etc. do not change;
. Supports VRML 2.0/97 and StereoLitho (.STL) file formats.

Pricing and Availability
VizUp 2 runs under Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003. The product is distributed as a
Standard edition with fast reduction, $299 (USD), a Professional edition with
advanced reduction, $595 (USD), and an Enterprise edition optimized for very large
models, $2495 (USD). All these editions can be securely purchased via VizUp's online
store at http://www.vizup.com/store/index.html. Registered customers are entitled to
updates with discounts and technical support. Additional information on VizUp 2, as
well as its evaluation version with a disabled Save option is available from
http://www.vizup.com.

About VizUp Technology
VizUp is a developer and publisher of 3D and CAD/CAE polygon reduction and
visualization software. The company is currently storming the market with its VizUp
product line, which represents a breakthrough in polygon reduction technologies. As
one of its strategic goals, the creative team sees a further improvement of this
technology to make the quality level of automatic polygon reduction equal to that of
a human designer. In the nearest future VizUp Technology plans to release new
versions of their software for designers working in the entertainment industry,
computer and video game development. The company was founded in 2002 and based in
Vancouver, Canada. For more information, visit http://www.vizup.com.

Product page link: http://www.vizup.com
Direct download link: http://www.vizup.com/load/vizup.exe (0.92 Mb)
Company website: http://www.vizup.com
E-mail: support@vizup.net

Postal address: VizUp Technology, 302-4464 West 10th Ave., Vancouver, BC V6R 2H9,
Canada
Phone/Fax: 604-339-9217

Web Site = http://www.vizup.com/

Contact Details = Address: 302-4464 West 10th Ave, Vancouver
Canada

Phone Number: 604-339-9217
Email: info@vizup.com