2007-07-11
Mercury Computer Systems Announces Whole-Power, Real-Time Interactive and Photo-Realistic 3D Rendering and Ray Tracing with Three New Offerings
Advanced software workshop and extensions address current and next-generation needs
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) announced three new offerings that provide whole power, real-time interactive and photo-realistic 3D rendering, and real-time 3D ray tracing.
Aimed at existing 3D application developers, OpenRTRT™ is a state-of-the-art SDK (software development kit) that delivers real-time ray tracing capabilities. Ray tracing is a 3D rendering technique based on complex mathematical algorithms that is used to produce realistic images. It traces the path taken by a ray of light through a scene, and calculates reflection, refraction, or absorption of the ray whenever it intersects the scene. OpenRTRT offers an easy-to-use application programming interface that provides an alternative to the OpenGL® rendering engine by delivering photorealistic renderings at interactive rates. Enabling real-time accurate reflections, refractions and fine shadow details, OpenRTRT delivers linear scalability through distribution on a cluster configuration, and takes full advantage of multiprocessor/multicore architectures.
For 3D graphics application publishers, DirectViz™ delivers the whole power of the OpenRTRT technology within the de facto standard framework for 3D application development. DirectViz is an extension to Version 6 of Open Inventor™ by Mercury Computer Systems, the object-oriented, cross-platform 3D graphics software suite that offers more than 1,200 ready-to-use classes integrated in a user-friendly framework for rapid development. With this offering, Mercury proposes the first hybrid high-level 3D graphics application development framework, and addresses the escalating needs currently out of reach by graphics processors and OpenGL, in styling and conceptual design, virtual prototyping, and visual simulation.
For end users that need a desktop application offering the entire workflow for project review in industrial design, Mercury introduced Patchwork3D, by Lumiscaphe, an emerging developer of innovative products in the field of aspect digital mockup and photo-realistic 3D real-time rendering. Patchwork3D is a comprehensive software workshop for interactive 3D digital design. Built around an award-winning real-time realistic rendering engine, Patchwork3D offers a complete software suite to import CAD models, apply textures and lighting, and perform interactive realistic viewing. With real-time rendering and realistic simulation of materials and lightings, Patchwork3D allows industrial designers to communicate as early as the design stage begins, delivering very high-quality digital mock-ups to validate product impact before manufacturing. Patchwork3D provides to communications and sales people a straightforward solution to market industrial products.
“Photo-realistic visualization in real time is now a reality,” said Jean-Bernard Cazeaux, Vice President of the Visualization Sciences Group at Mercury Computer Systems. “By delivering this advanced technology through a complete product portfolio, Mercury Computer Systems addresses all levels of market and end user requirements for existing 3D applications and next-generation graphics software.”
“Lumiscaphe is extremely glad to enter into this worldwide partnership with Mercury Computer Systems,” added Jean-Christophe Leducq, CEO and founder of Lumiscaphe, SA. “Our know-how of interactive photorealistic rendering technologies, combined with Mercury’s experience and the comprehensive product line, brings to the worldwide market an innovative solution that addresses end users’ most demanding challenges.”
OpenRTRT, DirectViz, and Patchworks 3D are available.
For more information on OpenRTRT, visit 3dviz.mc.com/OpenRTRT.
For more information on DirectViz, visit 3dviz.mc.com/OpenInventor.
For more information on Patchwork3D, visit Mercury in Booth #443 at SIGGRAPH 2007, August 7-9 at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA;
visit 3dviz.mc.com/Patchwork3d; or contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951.
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. – Where Challenges Drive Innovation
Mercury Computer Systems is the leading provider of computing systems and software for data-intensive applications that include image processing, signal processing, and visualization. With a strong commitment to innovation, our expertise in algorithm optimization, systems development, and silicon design is blended with software application knowledge and industry-standard technologies to solve unique computing challenges. We work closely with our customers to architect solutions that have a meaningful impact on everyday life: detecting aneurysms; designing safer, more fuel-efficient aircraft; identifying security threats; discovering oil; developing new drugs; and visualizing virtually every aspect of scientific investigation.
Mercury’s comprehensive, purpose-built solutions capture, process, and present data for the world’s largest medical imaging companies, 8 of the 10 top defense prime contractors, and other leading Fortune 500 and mid-market companies in semiconductor, energy, telecommunications, and other industries. Our dedication to performance excellence and collaborative innovation continues a 24-year history in enabling customers to stay at the forefront of the markets they serve.
Mercury is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts and serves customers worldwide through a broad network of direct sales offices, subsidiaries, and distributors. We are listed on the Nasdaq National Market (NASDAQ: MRCY). Visit Mercury at www.mc.com.
Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those relating to the OpenRTRT, DirectViz, and Patchwork3D offerings that provide whole power, real-time interactive and photo-realistic 3D rendering, and real-time 3D ray tracing. You can identify these statements by our use of the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “continue,” “estimate,” “project,” “intend,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, including unforeseen weakness in the Company’s markets, effects of continued geo-political unrest and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing, delays in completing engineering and manufacturing programs, changes in customer order patterns, changes in product mix, continued success in technological advances and delivering technological innovations, continued funding of defense programs, the timing of such funding, changes in the U.S. Government’s interpretation of federal procurement rules and regulations, market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components, production delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced components, inability to fully realize the expected benefits from acquisitions or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges in integrating acquired businesses and achieving anticipated synergies, and difficulties in retaining key customers. These risks and uncertainties also include such additional risk factors as are discussed in the Company's recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.
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Contacts:
Laurent Billy, Marketing Manager
Visualization Sciences Group
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
+33 556 13 71 50
lbilly@mc.com
Open Inventor is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries worldwide, used under license from Silicon Graphics, Inc. OpenRTRT is a trademark of InTrace GmbH. DirectViz is a trademark of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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