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Thermite™ Tactical Visual Computer
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Screenshot from
America's Army™
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LOS ANGELES,
CA - May 12, 2004 - Quantum3D®, Inc., a leading provider
of open architecture, realtime 3D visual computing solutions for
the Visual Simulation and Training (VST) and Embedded Visual Computing
(EVC) markets, announced today at the Electronic Entertainment
Expo (E3) that it is demonstrating the America's Army™ video
game on the Company's DAGGERS soldier-worn synthetic environment
training prototype system at the U.S. Army's E3 Booth (No. 1080,
South Hall).
"Running America's Army on the DAGGERS
system provides a great test bed for exploring how we can incorporate
game technology into embedded training, said Colonel Casey Wardynski,
America's Army Project Director. "We look forward to working
with Quantum3D as we explore how video game techniques and technology,
coupled with products like DAGGERS and Thermite will enable the
Army to greatly enhance our soldiers' skills, tactics and mission
effectiveness."
Developed as part of a research program commissioned
by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's
(RDECOM) Embedded Training for Dismounted Soldier (ETDS) Science
and Technology Objective (STO), the Quantum3D Distributed Advanced
Graphics Generator and Embedded Rehearsal System (DAGGERS) is
a high-performance soldier-worn embedded training system for dismounted
infantry training research. DAGGERS incorporates a number of advanced
technologies including Thermite™, Quantum3D's new Tactical
Visual Computer, immersive helmet mounted displays, motion trackers,
realtime image generation software, and OneSAF interoperability,
all interconnected seamlessly via a wireless communications fabric.
The goal of DAGGERS is to provide dismounted infantry soldiers,
squads, and platoons with the ability to perform training and
mission rehearsal exercises "anywhere and anytime."
"Working with RDECOM and the America's
Army team is a great opportunity to expand our efforts in embedded
training systems," said Ross Q. Smith, Quantum3D co-founder
and president. "The DAGGERS system as a complete hardware
and software package could ultimately create a powerful training
tool for soldiers in the field, allowing them to conduct embedded
training exercises with distributed combined forces around the
globe. Demonstrating America's Army at E3 exemplifies the type
of realism and capabilities that are now enabled by DAGGERS and
its underlying Thermite system."
About America's Army
America's Army is a realistic computer game providing civilians
with an inside perspective and a virtual role in today's premiere
land force, the U.S. Army. America's Army players experience soldiering
in a state-of-the-art manner via the game's support for two separate
simulations: Soldiers, a role-playing portion in which players
navigate life's challenges to achieve goals, and a first-person
action game, called Operations. For more information on America's
Army, please visit www.americasarmy.com.
About Quantum3D Thermite
Thermite is the first man-portable, open-architecture, PC-compatible,
COTS system that brings the power of NVIDIA® GPU technology
to dismounted soldier applications. Featuring a 1.0GHz Transmeta™
Processor and NVIDIA GeForceFX™ Go Mobile GPU technology,
Thermite is packaged in a hermetically sealed, small footprint
enclosure with advanced power management technologies and delivers
the highest visual computing performance and fidelity and longest
battery life of any man-portable computer in the market today.
With support for both Microsoft Windows® and Linux operating
environments, Thermite enables easy migration from desktop to
field environments. For sensor, camera and other advanced video
input functions, Thermite also includes advanced video-capture
functionality, with support for color space conversion, scaling
and overlays for NTSC, PAL, S-Video and RS-170A formats. With
its native support for RGB, composite and S-Video output, Thermite
is ideal for both new and legacy soldier, ground vehicle, maritime
and airborne embedded training and C4ISR applications. With a
range of available ruggedization levels-- from commercial to mil-spec
extended environment, and customization options, Thermite is well
suited to meet the needs of virtually any man-portable visual
computing application.
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About Quantum3D
Quantum3D develops and markets realtime, open architecture IG
solutions, embedded graphics subsystems, development software
and support services for the VST and EVC markets and is the exclusive
supplier of NVIDIA® graphics technology for the embedded military
and aerospace visual computing market. Quantum3D is a privately
held company headquartered in San Jose, CA, with development centers
of excellence located in Huntsville, Alabama, and Orlando, Florida.
For more information about Quantum3D, please see www.quantum3d.com.
Quantum3D is a registered trademark and
Thermite is a trademark of Quantum3D, Inc. All other trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.
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