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- Date: Sun, 1 Jan 1995 22:33:05 -0500
- From: MrSeidner@aol.com
- To: jon@stekt.oulu.fi
- Cc: paul@argonaut.com
-
- ... We are planning to setup our own ftp site and will have demos
- based on BRender, our 3d library.
-
- Here's some overview information on BRender and the best contact for
- you is Paul Ayscough, paul@argonaut.com, who is Director of Special
- Projects in our London office.
-
- Happy New Year,
-
- Rich
-
- ........................BRender overview...............
-
- Powerful
- * High-level API for rapid and intuitive 3D programming
- * Comprehensive 3D functionality
- * Automatic object collision detection
- * Hierarchical object model for accelerated 3D development
-
- Fast
- * Unmatched speed on PC and game platforms
- * Best benchmarks when running real- world titles
-
- Scalable
- * Runs on 386, 486, Pentium, Macintosh, and game machines
- * Uses fixed and floating point math
- * Supports all color depths
- * Offers 16- & 32-bit Z-buffering
- * Guarantees frame rate independence
-
- Cross-Platform
- * Supports DOS, Windows, Window NT, Chicago, Sega, Nintendo, Atari Jaguar,
- PowerPC, Sony Playstation, Macintosh
- * Ports easily
-
- Compact
- * Smallest 3D renderer ever, with a runtime of just 100KB
- * Efficient scanline rendering technique slashes memory requirements
- * Ideal choice for set-top devices or narrow-band networks
-
- True 3D
- * True Z-buffering
- * True perspective texture mapping
- * Precise object penetration
-
- True Hardware Acceleration
- * Cirrus 3D/VGA chip acceleration for the entire 3D pipeline:
- geometry, scene, rendering
- * BRender software specifically designed for significant acceleration by
- hardware
-
- Low cost
- * Flexible, attractive terms: per SKU or per title
- * Personal, educational, and corporate licenses available
- * Lowest cost for the coolest 3D
-
- Argonaut's Proven Success
- * Founded in 1982
- * Demonstrated consistent profitability
- * Crafted the most successful 3D title of all time (StarFoxx, 3.5 million
- sold)
- * Designed the world's best-selling 3D hardware accelerator (SuperFXx, 10
- million sold)
- * Dedicated as title creators to making peerless products for all title
- creators
-
- The BRender Power Rendering System is the most powerful real-time 3D graphics
- software ever created for personal computers and game platforms. BRender's
- lightning-fast technology is the perfect solution for the speed, size,
- scalability, flexibility, and power requirements of the most demanding 3D
- designers.
-
- Because BRender's advanced technology gives real-time workstation-class
- performance on low-end PC and game hardware, enabled applications include a
- broad spectrum of games, simulators, and graphics tools, as well as
- narrowband interactive shopping services, virtual reality, and navigational
- and end-user interfaces for multi-player games.
-
- BRender's scalable design automatically detects the presence of hardware
- accelerators to seamlessly exploit all available features. It runs on
- numerous desktop and games platforms and ports effortlessly to new
- environments.
-
- BRender produces true 3D results without artifact for Z-buffering,
- perspective texture mapping, and object interpenetration.
-
- BRender makes true hardware acceleration possible for the entire 3D
- application. Titles created using BRender software alone run astoundingly
- fast; when hardware acceleration is added, the results are breathtaking.
-
- BRender's power and speed allow developers to unleash their creativity for
- truly magical results.
-
- Argonaut Software Limited has been in profitable operation for more than a
- dozen years. Argonaut is the creator of Nintendo's StarFox, the most
- successful 3D game of all time, and designer of the SuperFX chip, the
- best-selling RISC graphics chip in the world. A consistent leader and
- innovator in the 3D games and technology arena, Argonaut continues to deliver
- the latest breakthroughs for 3D application developers.
-
- BRender combines the most powerful world-class 3D software technology, the
- most intuitive interface, the speediest performance, the smallest size, and
- true hardware acceleration with the best licensing.
-
- BRender Power Rendering System
- The premiere 3D product
-