Curious Labs Ships Poser(r) 4.0.3 Award winning 3D-character
animation and design tool returns to market under new corporate
name-shipping now Santa Cruz, California-September 18, 2000-Curious
Labs, Inc. today announced it has begun shipping Poser(r) v 4.0.3,
the award-winning 3D-character animation and design tool for
digital artists and animators. Available for purchase from the
Curious Labs web site, www.curiouslabs.com for US
$219.00, Poser 4.0.3 is the latest version of the former
MetaCreations, Corp. (NASDAQ: MCRE) software, purchased by egi.sys
AG in March 2000. Upgrades to Poser v 4.0.3 are available as free
downloads for current Poser 4 customers. Owners of earlier versions
of Poser (formerly Fractal Design and MetaCreations) can upgrade to
Poser 4.0.3 for US $99.00-valid serial number required. "Poser
4.0.3 represents the next generation of Poser under its new
corporate name and brand-Curious Labs," said Steve Cooper,
president of Curious Labs. "When we announced Poser's return to the
market at SIGGRAPH 2000 this past July in New Orleans, we were
overwhelmed by e-mail requests from new and existing Poser
enthusiasts. We are now proud to be shipping Poser 4 again,
continuing the legacy of this powerful 3D-character posing and
animation tool," said Cooper. Curious Labs also plans to ship their
Poser(r) Pro Pack in Q4 2000 for US $149.00, offering key
enhancements, file export capabilities and plug-ins for Poser 4
customers. With export of web deployable animations using
Metastream(TM) 3 for 3D and Macromedia FLASH(TM) for 2D, the Poser
Pro Pack will enable web developers and digital artists to add
Poser 4's 3D character content to web sites and other interactive
projects. The Pro Pack will also provide greatly improved Poser
scene file integration into discreet Inc's 3D Studio MAX(r) and
Newtek's Lightwave(TM) using native plugins, as well as introduce a
Python scripting environment to Poser. The Pro Pack will only be
available to Poser 4 through 4.0.3 customers-so all pre Poser 4
users are encouraged to upgrade to Poser 4.0.3 (US $99.00). Poser's
creator, Larry Weinberg, CEO of Curious Labs-and many of the
original engineering, marketing, research and development and sales
team from MetaCreations, Inc. joined together to form Curious Labs
in Santa Cruz, California in April 2000 with equity partner egi.sys
AG in Germany. For more information about Poser 4.0.3 or to order
Poser, visit the Curious Labs web site at: www.curiouslabs.com.
Curious Labs, Inc. Curious Labs, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
egi.sys AG, designs, develops, and publishes software tools such as
Poser(r), which focus on 3D human and character visualization for
artists, designers, and web developers. The company is located in
Santa Cruz, California. For more information, go to
www.curiouslabs.com. egi.sys AG, designs and develops tools,
technologies, databases, and solutions that utilize 3D animated
models and motion data, integrate within popular applications such
as Microsoft Office, and can be delivered via the World Wide Web.
The company was founded by an independent research group from the
University of Tingen, Germany. For more information, go to
www.egi.sys.de or www.egi.sys.com.